Week 177

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Friday, July 11, 2014

NOT THE FULL MONTY

Town falls foul of live music rules

By ANDREW ATKINSON Bars and restaurants in Los Montesinos have been raided in a series of police visits over illegal live entertainment, with a number of businesses now fearing for their futures, whilst tourists and residents are going else­ where for a night out.

“If it carries on like this we will have to go to Quesada to enjoy a night out ­ the town was 'dead' last Saturday night," said one concerned Montesinos resident. The local police are checking the town’s venues for live music licences ­ and that the premises keep to the rules.

The town is the latest in the Costa Blanca where there has been a ramping up on enforcing the laws over live entertainment, with The Courier reporting recent checks in San Fulgencio (including the La Marina Urb.), Torrevieja, the Orihuela Costa, and the El Raso Urb in Guardamar.

The Mayor of San Fulgencio, Carlos Ramirez, has been trying to deal with complaints over late night noise from bars on the Urb.La Marina, whilst trying to maintain a bal­

ance between the need for businesses to flourish as well as residents having a decent quality of home life.

In Los Montesinos, the latest bout of police visits seem to mirror the noise complaints in La Marina. Many bars across the region do not have the correct licenses allowing them to stage live music or karaoke events, but a large number continue to flaunt the law, at their own risk. Carls Bar, situated in the Montesinos town square area, is one of the premises affected by a ban on live music. Singer Andy McBride, who is well known for his Rod Stewart Tribute Act, has been appearing there for many years ­ to packed audiences.

"It's a shame that some venues in Los Montesinos have been told they cannot play live music," said Andy.

"It’s a lovely place. But the ban on live music there will not affect me in a big way, as I perform throughout the region."

Some Montesinos venues have pub licenses which allow them to stage late night entertainment, but many are simply bars and restaurants. Upon inspection if a bar does not have the correct live licenses they can be heavily fined: "We believe the fine can be up to three thousand euros for the owners," said a concerned bar owner. "But also the artist can be fined the same amount," he added. Along with potential heavy fines, the authorities can also shut down the premises.

The town’s bar owners say the live music ban is a massive blow, with Montesinos thriving with many vibrant and busy venues before the recession. In contrast, one bar/restaurant owner who wanted to be anonymous said: "I can't see me being here next year." The cull on live entertain­ ment is yet another setback for the PSOE Mayor, José Manuel Butrón, who approved the clo­ sure of the popular Revival night­ club last year.

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INFERNO OF DEATH BAD ON THE FARM

An Icelandic teenager died in a horrific incident at Benidorm’s Terra Mitica Park on Monday after­ noon, as his safe­ ty harness came undone whilst he was riding the Inferno roller­ coaster.

The tragedy happened at around 4.00pm when the 18 year old was doing the ride with his father and brother.

The Inferno, sit­ uated in the Rome area of the park, gets up to speeds of around 60kph and goes through 360 degree turns, and the youth’s harness apparently came undone on one of the bends, with him being thrown out some 15 metres onto the ground. A SAMU unit attended to the teenager for an hour, but they could not save his life due to the severe extent of his injuries.

It’s the first death at Terra Mitica since it opened its doors in 2000, and police scien­ tists have been examining the ride for clues as to what caused the tragedy. A Benidorm judge is in charge of the investigation, with Terra Mitica saying that it had contacted the German company responsible for the ride to help them find out what could have hap­ pened. The theme park said that the safety harness system is very strict and the locks

cannot be opened when the Inferno ride is operational.

Benidorm’s Mayor, Agustín Navarro, said he was very sad about what had happened and that the council had been in touch with the boy’s family to offer them any support that they could.

He said that he wanted to get find out exactly what happened but also gave his full back­ ing to the man­ agement of Terra Mitica based on their 14 year history of safety and excel­ lence.

Meanwhile, a four year old Russian child was rushed to Alicante General Hospital after suffering serious head injuries at Benidorm’s Terra Natura park just a few hours later. A SAMU team were called out just before 7.00pm on Monday, and attended to the boy who had been playing in the Tigers of the Temple section of the park, but had run away from his parents and climbed an ornamental statue, before falling down and hitting his head. He was unconscious when emergency services arrived, and was operated on when he arrived at hospital, with doctors saying that the procedure went well, and that he’s out of danger.

Farmers marched on government offices in Alicante City last week to ask for help with all the problems caused by the drought. They say that Alicante Province growers and breed­ ers have suffered losses so far in 2014 of over 78 million euros, with wine­growers and sheep/goat farmers being the worst affected. Amongst the crops, the worst affected include nuts and almonds; summer fruits; citrus fruits; and olives.

The situation for olive oil producers looks especially bad with output possibly collapsing by at least 40%. Prices of extra virgin olive oil rose 10% last month, with Spain respon­ sible for some 40% of the world’s total production.

Yago Cruz, chief executive of Cruzoliva, a Spanish suppli­ er of bulk olive oils, said that speculators have "entered the game", attempting to cash in on the rising market, while some mills have shut down sales while prices are rising, seeking higher values, and further fuelling the market increase.

DEATH FALL

A 71 year old German man died on Tuesday after­ noon, with eye witnesses reporting that he deliberately jumped off a bridge over the AP7 on the Orihuela Costa, straight into the path of a lorry carrying gas bottles.

The tragedy, at 2.30pm,

happened at the bridge close to the Banana Tree restaurant near to the Laguna Golf complex.

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PARKED UP

Friday, July 11, 2014

SILENCE IS GOLDEN

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GOOD RIDDANCE

Spanish car owners are contin­ uing to cut corners in the light of the recession, with nearly a third of drivers saying they could do with getting a new car, but just cannot afford it. A survey for Spain’s RAC says that 42% of those surveyed say that they use their car less compared to before the economic crisis, with 85% of motorists admitting to cutting cor­ ners over safety and repairs, in addition to avoiding toll roads. The RAC president, Sanz Carmelo de Barros, called for the government to slash IVA rates on anything to do with car safety maintenance. In addition to subsidising toll roads, and offering inducements to buy new cars.

BY GEORGE, IT’S BENSON

The legendary George Benson got this year’s San Javier Jazz Festival off to a cracking start at the Parque Almansa last Saturday night. A full house enjoyed a comprehensive selection of his greatest hits, with the Festival running through to the start of August.

CORVERA FIGURES

Train operator RENFE says that there’s a big demand for passengers on the high speed AVE service between Alicante and Madrid for its new ‘quiet car’ coaches which launch this Sunday. No pets or children aged under 14 are allowed in the coaches, as well as mobile phones being banned, and peo­ ple being asked to speak to each other in a ‘low tone without establishing a conversation’.

MAIL APPEAL

Orihuela's Mayor, Monserrate Guillén, has said that the council is to appeal to the Administrative Court over plans to cut back on home postal deliveries in parts of the Orihuela Costa from September. Home deliveries by Correos will be restricted to multi­box units for La Zenia I & II, Campoamor, Cabo Roig, and La Regia, with residents being forced to pick up mail from Playa Flamenca Post Office if they do not have a multi­box unit.

Guillén said that the coun­ cil were unable to persuade Correos to change their

PLAYA DE DISRUPTION

mind, and so they have now gone to court. He added that he hoped for all­party sup­ port on a motion condemn­ ing the Correos move which will be put before a full coun­ cil meeting this month.

KEEP THEM PEELED

An imminent opening of the new international airport at Corvera in Murcia would create four thousand new local jobs and boost tourism spending by 1.8 billion Euros over ten years. That’s the conclusion of a special report produced by Deloitte for the Murcia Chamber of Commerce, which also says that any further delays in opening Corvera would sub­ stantially reduce the economic boost that it would bring. A Murcia government minister last week said that he hoped that Corvera would be in business by the end of the year, running in tandem with San Javier, which would then close by the start of 2016.

OOPS!

An Elche café had an unexpected surprise on Tuesday morning when a palm tree collapsed onto some of the out­ side seats last Tuesday morning. The seven foot palm keeled over at 10.00am next to a café on Don Julio Heurto de Elche, but luckily there was nobody sampling a mid­morning coffee.

The City Council said that the tree was not on their listed of red­weevil infected palms, and took away the offending growth to carry out tests on it.

A British child sex abuser has been arrested in Mazarrón after being on the run and is set to return back to the UK to serve a 15 year jail sentence. The 34 year old paedophile was given the prison stretch in 2012 for two separate crimes committed between 2006 and 2009 for sexual aggression and a sex offence against a child. The pervert was tracked down to the Murcia region after a joint operation between Interpol’s branch in Madrid and the British authorities, with the National Police locating the man in Mazarrón and then arresting him after a period of surveillance. He was appre­ hended on Monday after trying to flee the officers, who locked him up and had him transferred to a Madrid court for an extradition hearing on Wednesday.

The National Police have officially launched “Operation Summer 2014”, which will see them stepping up patrols in key tourist areas during the peak tourist season. The Costa Blanca and Costa Calida will be under the spotlight until the end of September, with the National Police saying they want to offer a fast response to crimes involving domestic and for­ eign tourists. A quarter of a million leaflets in 10 languages are being handed out offering tips on avoiding being a victim of crime, along with some five thousand posters in key areas like hotels and tourist information offices,

A group of Torre de la Horadada residents have raised a stink over a hole for a septic tank that has been put on a local beach to service a beach bar. Fuming householders in the Pueblo Latino area are angry that the bar on Los Jesuitas beach had brought in a bulldozer to do the work at night, and disrupted the eco­system of the area. They’ve complained to the Guardia Civil saying that more “waste matter” is appear­ ing on the beach, whilst the local council has expressed sur­ prise over what has happened, especially in regard to the disruption caused, including the pulling down of a wall and the pouring of sand onto existing vegetation. The bar has not been allowed to open pending a council investigation, and may face penalties over the work that it has done so far.

LOOSE CHANGE Money of all shapes and sizes will be gracing Guardamar’s Archaeological Museum through to October, in a travelling exhibition that has already been around many venues in Alicante Province. 150 coins and prints tell the history of the coin in the region, including a star attraction of a coin which is dated back to 400 years BC.

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NEAR MISSKI

Spanish airport owner AENA has opened an investigation into what appeared to be a near­miss involving two planes at Barcelona Airport last Saturday. Video footage was posted on You Tube which showed a UTair plane arriving from Moscow pulling out of its landing manoeuvre as another plane crosses the runway in front of it. AENA have said that the video would not form part of its investigation, with a spokesperson trying to play down the incident, telling the El Mundo newspaper that neither airline had complained over the incident.

The video, posted on Sunday by a self­confessed plane enthusiast, reveals that the UTair plane reaches a very low altitude before its pilot decided to perform a "go­around" manoeuvre, the images showing how the plane’s landing gear is folded up as it gains height before its second approach. Aviation professionals told the El País newspaper that radar data showed the Russian Boeing was only 60 metres above ground and only some 20 seconds from land­ ing. Aena refused to comment on the specifics, only saying that investigations were ongoing.

PARAMOUNT’S LOOK

QUESADA QUARREL A man has been acquitted of killing another motorist over four years ago at the main roundabout leading into Quesada. The jury in an Elche court found him not guilty agreeing that he acted in self­defence on the evening of January 25th 2010 at around 8.00pm after two drivers had been involved in a road rage inci­ dent. The motorists got out and tempers got frayed, with a knife being produced, which led to the accused responding by hitting the knifeman in the head which caused a cerebral haemor­ rhage resulting in death.

RUSSIAN BID

Russia is going to be open­ ing up a consulate in Alicante Province, and Torrevieja wants it be based in the city.

Torrevieja’s Mayor, Eduardo Dolon has met the Russian consul for the Valencian Community, Ramón Congost(pictured) , and told him that the city would be per­ fect for the new office, with over five thousand Russians living there, and that Alicante­ Elche airport receives 87% of the total number of Russian visitors to the Valencian region.

EVERYBODY OUT!

Playa Flamenca residents and tourists got an unexpected surprise in the middle of last Friday evening (July 4th), when a garage fire meant that an apartment block had to be evac­ uated as a precaution. Thoughts of Coronation Street and tucking into supper vanished at around 8.45pm as firefighters cleared out the building (Amapola 3) on Calle Nicolás de Bussy. The fire was soon brought under control with the garage discovered to be full of wood and plastic which had caught alight and caused dense plumes of smoke.

CRAFTS GALORE

NEAREST AND DEAREST

A Virtual Tour of the planned Paramount Theme Park at Alhama, Murcia has generated a lot of interest on the inter­ net. With no promised building work, and funding yet to be put into place with a bid for European money, developers Premursa have put together a three minute video previewing the attractions of the park including a special area dedicated to Star Trek. As to when the plans will actually become real­ ity, nobody is prepared to say, despite bold predictions last autumn that building work would start this summer.

An Alcoy judge has remanded a 74 year old woman in cus­ tody, after she stabbed her 81 year old husband to death.

The man was suffering from a serious illness and was bedrid­ den, with his wife stabbing him at least 10 times, before she then tried to commit suicide with the same knife and by taking an overdose at their Alcoy home. She is set to undergo psy­ chiatric testing, though authorities are working on the basis that she was killed her husband to prevent him from any fur­ ther suffering from his illness.

BABY DRAIN TRIAL

15 arts and crafts stalls are open for business in Santiago de La Ribera through till the end of August. The Paseo Colón features a variety of products every evening between 7.00pm and 12.30am, and special workshops are also being organ­ ised for people to see how some of the items are made.

ELCHE NIGHT FIGHT

OYES FOR ONO

Mobile operator Vodafone can buy the Spanish internet provider ONO after the European Commission said yes to the move. They said that the merger would not create a monopoly, and that Vodafone can proceed with their buy­out.

BIKE CRASH

Four cyclists were injured as they were travelling in the Los Urrutias area on Sunday morning. The accident happened on the RM­F54 Los Alcazares road when the cyclists were involved in a collision between themselves. Three were taken for treatment for minor burn injuries to the Mar Menor Los Arcos hospital, which they suffered as their skin rubbed against the road surface. The four person suffered head trau­ ma, and was admitted to hospital in San Javier.

A mother will go on trial this November for throwing her newly born baby down an Alicante apartment building drain in June last year. Dayana GR, 26, faces 12 years in jail for an alleged crime of attempted murder, with the baby being saved by firefighters (pictured), after a neighbour reported hearing a child crying. It was found in a remarkably health condition considering the trauma it suffered, with the baby in a plastic bag covered by a bra. The prosecution is also seek­ ing a 15 year restraining order preventing the mother from seeing the child, as well as asking for 30 thousand Euros in compensation.

GOING DUTCH The National Police have nabbed a Santa Pola resident wanted by German authorities on charges of stealing close to two million Euros from thousands of bank accounts. The Dutchman is accused of making thousands of minor transac­ tions of 19.95 Euros each, with over 52 thousand accounts being defrauded. He faces 10 years in a German jail for 15 offences of computer fraud.

MORE HOMES

Spanish house sales leapt up by 5.4% for May compared to the same month in 2013, in another sign of an improving economy. Figures for the Valencian region, including the Costa Blanca, saw a 1.9% increase, with 4,377 sales.

Elche’s council have asked the Madrid government to clas­ sify the famous Nit de l'Albà event in August as a major tourist festival, to boost its international recognition. The annual fireworks display on August 13th is always launched by some pyrotechnics in the shape of a palm tree, with the Mayor, Mercedes Alonso arguing that the Nit de l'Albà is a "unique" party that is synonymous with the city. The submis­ sion has been sent to the Ministry of Tourism, with the council hopeful that the national seal of approval will happen before next month’s event.

SADDLE UP

A man who specialised in steal­ ing horse­riding gear from stables in the Elche area, and would then sell it off at markets across Alicante Province has been arrested by the National Police. The 54 year old Spaniard allegedly had a spring in his step as he would jump over fencing and gates, before making off with equipment like saddles and bridles. Police say that he stole from five stables, with officers swooping in after he tried to sell a stolen saddle at a market.

Friday, July 11, 2014

KILLER QUEEN

A top notch Queen tribute band rocked San Javier’s open air theatre in Parque Almansa last week, writes SALLY BENGTSSON, with the cheers of a very happy crowd that could be heard right down at the beach. Unrisen Queen have an energised lead singer in Ruben Sabater who may lack some of Freddie Mercury’s extrovert mannerisms but he made up with it, with a powerful voice.

Lead guitarist Pasku Frutos is the show man of the band, coming out on stage in a top hat, and giving some show stopping

performances on his red special guitar (of which he is the endorser in Spain) with drummer Fernando J Gómez (Chimi).

Unrisen Queen have been recognized by the original Queen band as one of the best tribute bands around and even head­ lined last year’s Freddie Mercury Memorial Concert in Switzerland. Now together for four years, perhaps the secret of the success of Unrisen Queen is that they don’t try to imitate Queen but they sing their songs in their own way, and are great at it.

A new citizens lobby group for La Zenia and the Orihuela Costa got off to a shaky start last Saturday, after a planned march through the streets of La Zenia was can­ celled after it didn’t get permission in time for it to go ahead. Over 20 people though gath­ ered for a meeting and said that they had got together because they felt that the 30 thou­ sand strong population of the Orihuela Costa was being ignored by all tiers of local and regional government. Their list of grievances included the plans to make two streets "one­ way" close to La Zenia roundabout; the

removal of 130 parking spaces; and the lack of improvements in green zones. They plan to re­arrange their protest march for Saturday July 19th.

Coastal councillor, Martina Scheurer, said she was surprised by the comments from the group, as the council had already got the Ministry of Public Works to pause their plans for the one­way roads off La Zenia round­ about, in addition to verbal approval for the introduction of two new bus stops, in addition to other work, including the creation of new parking areas.

ORIHUELA ANGER

REPAIRED AT LAST

Repair work on Callosa’s oldest building, the steeple of St.Martin’s church has finished, after parts of the construction started to crumble in 2010. A safety net was put around it and work was undertaken, with finance eventually coming from the Valencian Government.

Though the tower is now in a good state, preservation and repair work is still needed on the main body of the church.

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editor@thecourier.es COURIER POSTBAG: YOUR VIEWS ON OUR NEWS

Chiropractic care ended my neuralgia agony I WOULD like victims of the so­ called ''suicide disease'' to know that trigeminal neuralgia can be cured.

I was in such excruciating pain last autumn that I ignored the advice of my dentist and made her extract a healthy tooth. There seemed to be no hope...but let me tell you the whole story.

We were landing at Alicante air­ port, having had a good holiday in England, when this pain started down the right side of my face. It was painful for about half an hour and then stopped.

The following morning, I met up with some friends and again started

Mavis Fowkes feels smiles better now...

to experience a sharp pain down the right side of my face, which was making me twitch. My friends start­ ed to comment that I looked in a lot of pain. They were correct. It felt like acute toothache.

The pain was more or less con­ stant and really severe. I was losing sleep and weight and was unable to eat properly or rest at any time, day or night.

Beginning to despair, I visited my dentist as I thought it was a back tooth giving me the problem. She did not think there was anything wrong with the tooth, but I insisted she pulled it out. Now I thought that the problem would go away ­ but it

returned the following day.

A close friend had been on the Internet and came up with informa­ tion on a condition called trigeminal neuralgia. The article stressed the fact that people suffering from this condition were losing good teeth as they were convinced it was toothache. Not so.

It added that the pain emanated from the nerves that come from side of the head and down the side of the face. It is often referred to as the “suicide complaint” due to the incessant excruciating pain associ­ ated with it.

Torrevieja Hospital referred me to their dental department, who could find nothing wrong. So they sent me back to my GP, who was also unable to treat it.

Then there appeared a light at the end of the tun­ nel – Algorfa­based chiro­ practor Dr Xavier Dutey­ Harispe (pictured).

I was desperate to try something new as this pain had persisted since

CATASTROPHIC Shame of Guardamar’s three-night cull

I FEEL I have to com­ municate with you in relation to an incident in Guardamar at the Park Natural, the Marina and the path leading through the park to the beach and the rocks towards the red lighthouse.

For three nights last week, the killing of feral cats by an inhumane method took place. This was seen to have been carried out by the local police, with dogs and another organisation. It was very distressing and upset­ ting for those who witnessed what happened.

We would like to make a public protest for this inhu­ mane method, of beating cats to death, as a cruel and abhorrent solution to dealing with this problem.

We recently visited the Town Hall in Guardamar and were assured that as the ani­ mals were not in the streets,

but in the 'campo', no killing would be authorised.

We and a few others like us, are trying to help the situ­ ation, by raising funds and catching the cats for neuter­

ing. Several have been neutered and we have also managed to rehome some cats and kittens.

We know that there is a problem, but a more humane

solution should and could be adpoted. We made an official complaint to the Town Hall on June 30 and await their response.

An article highlighting the

situation, could help others become more aware of these terrible actions being carried out.

GERRY BROWN and Friends, Algorfa

Kidney transplant in Spain? You must go for it!

I READ with interest your front page article (Issue 175) about the lady and her kidney prob­ lems.

We have lived in Spain since 1988 and my hus­ band had kidney problems from 1999 which grad­ ually got worse over the years until June 2007 when he was told he would have to start dialysis.

He went three times a week, four hours each day, so both our lives were put on hold.

He was told that he had to be on dialysis for a year before he could be considered for a trans­ plant....so after one year and one day he went and saw his doctor!

He had so many tests, including the Dye one, had to lose a lot of weight but finally was accept­ ed, carried on with dialysis, and in April 2011 he had his new kidney in Alicante General Hospital, so was on dialysis for nearly four years.

Both our lives changed, he has to go for six­ monthly check ups, takes 12 tablets a day and has developed mild diabetes.

Yes, the risks are there, they tell you of all the pros and cons ­ but life is a lottery­tomorrow is promised to no­one!

Everyone knows how great the Spanish Health system is. My husband, 69 years old when he

had his transplant, wouldn't have even been con­ sidered in the UK! This lady has a 'ready made' donor. I say 'go for it' in Spain ­ she won't regret it. Hope this reas­ sures her.

SUSAN ROSE, Almorad WITH reference to the lady who needs a kidney transplant but is criticising the Spanish method, it's worth remembering that Spain has the highest number of successful organ transplants in all of Europe so we can assume the hospital knows what it's doing.

JENNY DODD

October and it was now early December.

Dr X, as he is known to his patients, confirmed that I was suffering from trigeminal neuralgia on the right side of my face.

Due to the severity of my condition, he even opened the clinic to see me out of his normal clinic hours and also on a Saturday morn­ ing. After four sessions, the pain left me.

I continued with acupuncture and chiro­ practic care for a period of time and now attend the clinic on a preventative basis which helps maintain the whole of my spine.

I no longer suffer pain thanks to the care and expertise of Dr X. MAVIS FOWKES, Algorfa

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Dr Dutey­Harispe told The Courier: ''I treated Mavis's trigeminal neural­ gia with a combination of acupuncture and also chi­ ropractic adjustments.

“No two people are the same, so not everyone has such a successful out­ come as Mavis did. But over the years I have helped many patients with this problem.'

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I STA STAY, STAY, II Y, I STAY, STAY Y STA

I can help your business - take Guess who’s changed her my word for it!

mind about going home?

FELLOW Librans will, won’t or might tell you, but we are off the scale when it comes to making our minds up.

So I hope you’ll forgive me for not having fled the country as promised.

As ever, my indecision has proved to be final. It makes me wonder how I managed to edit this newspaper for well over two years. (So does our pro­ duction chief, whose press­day work­ load has halved since I stepped down).

Three months ago, I wrote an emo­ tional piece explaining why I had decid­ ed to go home to the UK. I was home­ sick and depressed at the time, and missing my daughters and grandkids like crazy.

A couple of weeks later I headed for Manchester full of good intentions, my joy brightened by the friendliest cabin crew I can remem­ ber. More about them next week.

The idea of my trip was to get a good 'fix' of the kids and grand­ kids, and to smoothe the way for my permanent return in the autumn.

The ambience was good, the weath­ er unexpectedly pleasant and the fam­ ily bond tightened considerably during

GRUMPY’S THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK...

Some people say I have a way with words. Well, I also have a weigh with words. I swear every time I jump on the scales.

my month­long stay.

And yet I was still delighted to get back to Spain ­ the gremlins of home­ sickness exorcised and happy in the knowledge that the little ones were coming out to Spain in July.

The depression had lifted and I've

felt great ever since. Which explains why Granny Grump has recently been seen racing her ancient sporty Saab along the N332 with grey abandon at speeds in excess of 40kph. Topless.

(The car that is).

I have now moved the goalposts somewhere between the two countries.

Which perhaps explains why England

and Spain had no idea where to kick the ball in the World Cup. The only real change is that I'll be spending more time in the UK than I have been doing. That's not difficult on the basis of my 2013 logistics when I spent only a couple of months away from the Costa Blanca.

I am also less concerned about the dangers of living alone here in Spain, thanks to several good friends offering 24­hour support should I ever need urgent help.

It is inevitable that I’ll have to go back to the UK eventually. I can’t see too many takers for a night out on the san­ gria with a shriv­ elled prune in her 90s..

Let’s face it, there’s a big differ­ ence between liv­ ing on the continent and incontinent liv­ ing. I doubt I’ll know which is which if I’m still around at 90 but I have no desire to let my friends see me either go to pot or, worse still, be reduced to sitting on one.

I think I’ll leave that one to my daugh­ ters when the time comes. My wish is their commode. I just hope that by the time I get over there, I only have time to say a quick ’hey, loo’ and goodbye...

For the present, however, I have made my mind up finally and irrevoca­ bly. I'm staying in Spain...I think.

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Now for the sting. Bruce Betting won’t sanction the withdrawal until I provide them with a copy of my pass­ port or driving licence, a util­ ity bill and the credit card I

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HA’PENNY FOR MY THOUGHTS I HAVE known Dave the barman for many years although the first words we ever exchanged didn't promise much.

'Pleased to meet you, Dave,' he had greeted me.

To which I responded: 'And I'm pleased to meet you, too, Dave.' And we each stretched across the bar and shook hands.

The irony of our first meet­ ing was that we were intro­ duced by yet another Dave, a mutual friend of the first two Daves.

The third Dave was a guy I worked with on the newspa­ pers and it had been his sug­ gestion that I hold my wed­ ding reception at the pub which Dave the barman managed.

'You'll love it there, Dave,' the third Dave had assured me. 'That pub is the perfect venue for a wedding do because if the merrymaking falls a bit flat, the guests can relieve their boredom by indulging in a game of shove ha'penny.'

'Well, thanks a bunch, Dave,' I said. 'You're making

my wedding jollifications sound like some tedious old folk's arthritic knees­up. I want everyone to enjoy the occasion as much as I intend to.'

'You intend to enjoy your own wedding do? How strange,' observed Dave.

'The only pleasurable bit of my bash was that it finished early enough for me to get back to the hotel's honey­ moon suite in time for Match of the Day.' Anyway, Dave the barman was merely Dave the bar­ man in those days in that he had not yet purchased the

pub in which I was to spend some of my happiest (and stupidest) times over the coming years.

The hostelry was then owned by a fellow called . . . no, not Dave. His name was Ben. However, most people called him Dave because he was the spitting image of his identical twin brother, Dave, and everyone (apart from Ben and Dave, of course) would tend to get the two mixed up.

'So what makes you think that my family and that of the future Mrs S will want to spend the evening playing

shove ha'penny?' I asked my press colleague, the third Dave.

Might I just point out here that although I refer to my workmate as the third Dave, I had yet to meet and befriend Dave the barman.

So chronologically speaking, the third Dave was still the second Dave.

Anyway, it turned out that the future Mrs S was not keen on having her wedding reception at the pub. As she argued it: 'What happens if the guests get bored? Are they supposed to play shove ha'penny?'

However, we did manage to sort out the venue and everything passed off smoothly on our wedding day. Until the fight broke out.

Actually, it wasn't so much a free­for­all as a daft scram­ ble which resulted in a bit (okay, a lot) of pushing and shoving.

The ceremony itself had gone well apart from the fire alarm going off when the bride had burned a hole in her veil. In all the romantic excitement she'd forgotten to remove the cigarette from between her lips when she recited her vows.

And the reception was problem­free until the chair­ man of the proceedings announced the proposer of the first toast. 'I now call on Dave . . .' The surname of the person requested was lost in the hubbub as no fewer than nine Daves pushed back their chairs and converged on the top table's solitary microphone.

'I knew this would happen,' groaned my best friend and best man Eric the dentist. 'I did warn the chairman to

announce the full name as quickly as he could so as to avoid any turmoil.'

My bridegroom buttonhole tickled my chin as my head dropped in disappointment at the disturbance. 'That's the last time I have Burt the elocution teacher as chair­ man at one of my weddings,' I vowed loudly. 'He just had to show off and articulate each word slowly so that the only name the guests heard was Dave. There are obvi­ ously too many Daves in this world.'

On hearing their names again ­­ and in such a dis­ paraging context ­­ the nine Daves instantly stopped grappling with the micro­ phone and joined Mrs S in staring hard at me. 'What do we do now?' I hissed into Eric the dentist's ear.

'Ladies and gentlemen,' he announced. 'The reception will resume as soon as the waitresses clear away the damaged crockery. In the meantime, I suggest we repair to the other room for a short shove ha'penny tour­ nament.'

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LOVING HOMES WANTED This week, we are in urgent need of homes for some of the animals we have rescued.

Fred & Barney are two brothers who we rescued from a killing sta­ tion in Spain. They are around 10 months old and when they first arrived they were terrified of everything. They have both gone on to make great progress and are now ready for their forever homes. They can be re­homed together or separately. They are both very loving dogs, who will both go on to make someone out there very happy. They just need a chance and they get along well with other dogs. They will both be neutered before leaving, and have pet passports and are ready to be re­homed now. Please, please, ask your friends or family as well if would be interested in re­homing Fred or Barney. There are many more dogs I need to rescue and in giving one of them a home, you are not just saving one dog, but two, as this means I can go on to save another ani­ mal!

We also have four kittens. They are, Chutney, Bovril, Marmite and Willow. Along with them we have Sophie, who is a pedi­

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gree cat who is around 8 months old. She is the most loving little bundle of fluff I think I have ever met. Her owners were going to have her put to sleep because she has an allergy and the food she needs is fairly expensive.

Thankfully my vet would not put her to sleep and she is here with us waiting for her forev­ er home.

If you can offer any a forever home, please contact me at peter@thedogy­ ouneed.com www.thedogyouneed.com is a registered charity, where we rehabilitate the most severely abused animals. Our charity regis­ tration number is 1157175. If you would be kind enough to donate anything to this spe­ cial cause you can do by Paypal, where the account details are peter@thedogyouneed.com or to our Nat West charity account, where the sort code is 60­16­03 and the account number is 73754900.

Even one euro will help, so please, please, try and support us.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

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PETS’ CORNER: CAN YOU TAKE IN A HOMELESS DOG OR CAT? Bella is a lovely 11 month old medium sized girl, she is currently in a foster home where she is very well beha­ ved, house trained and loves to go out for walks and meet all the other dogs. She is vaccinated and will make a lovely companion.

Call: 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

Otto is a l Lab/ Rottie cross about 1 year old. He is a powerful dog and will bond very strongly with his owners, he is also very loyal and affectionate and will alert his human companions if some­ one is approaching the pro­ perty. Otto is fine with other dogs and cats. Otto is used to being an indoor dog and is house trained.

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Born in April this year, George and his sister Emily were rescued by APAH when they were picked up running along a main road. They are amazingly well behaved for puppies and will only be small to medium sized dogs when they are fully grown.

To arrange to meet them, please contact Yvonne on 630 422 563.

George

Bella Born in April 2008, Janey has lived all her life in the APAH Cattery, but she is a delight­ fully friendly cat and it's diffi­ cult to understand why no­ one has ever offered her a home, when she would be a wonderful companion cat for someone. To meet Janey, please contact Yvonne on 630 422 563.

Otto Paco is 6 years old, in which he spent 2 of these years in the shelter, we have now found out that he loves cud­ dles and walks, good with older children and is looking for his forever home. Could it be Yours. Contact Last Hope Dog Rescue on Facebook or call 634 065 540

Dani is a large GSD cross, he was found wandering in the campo, he is thought to be about 2 years old, he is obedient, loving and he likes to play and loves to be with people. If you can offer this super dog a home or if you want to find out more about him, please telephone the PEPA helpline on 650 304 746 or email: p.e.p.a.animal­ charity@gmail.com

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German Shepherd X, boys and girls, 11 weeks old.We have lots of puppies in at the moment in all shapes and sizes, People are welcome to come and have a look at them. You can see our dogs by finding us on facebook “Paradise Kennels” or call 619 938 955

RIGSBY had been running around the countryside for several weeks. He was in fair condition but blood tests sho­ wed he was Microfilaria positi­ ve. He has undergone the necessary treatment and we are pleased to say his results are now clear. He enjoys pla­ ying with his kennel mates and is a very happy, affectionate boy. Rigsby is a around 20 months old and now fully vac­ cinated (passport), micro chip­ ped and castrated. Please call 966710047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com

Teddy is 10 weeks old and is the last of 6 teckel cross pup­ pies looking for a home. He has had his first vaccination and will be small when fully grown. Call: 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

Teddy

Ziggy about 4 years old was found wandering in the campo.

A gentle loving dog that gets on well with other dogs and is very well behaved. We have no where for him to go he has no shelter he is in a garden which is not secure he needs to be adopted or we need fos­ ter urgently. Please call on 650304746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.c om

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THE FEAR OF ABUSE

It´s late…. Dinner is in the oven, slowly cooking, the lights are on low, in the dark­ ness sits a woman on a pale beige sofa, she also is waiting, but on her face is a look of hope, her hands are clasped in despera­ tion as she watches the television, Suddenly her face drops as she realises what is soon going to happen in her house.

She sits in fear until the sound of the key in the lock breaks the silence and the front door is flung open. A voice booms out in anger, and as the woman cowers, her husband comes over to her and it begins. She is used to the abuse, used to the violence but she knows this time it will be worse:­ this time his team has lost the football. To most of us, it´s a temporary setback that we feel a bit unhappy about for a while but soon get over, however, for abusers it becomes just another excuse, just another reason to beat the person they claim to love.

As her cries become louder he becomes angrier and the beat­ ing steps up a level. It is always joined with verbal abuse but this time she is being blamed for the result. She is useless, hopeless and because his football team lost one match, his life has no meaning. That´s right, his life has no meaning because of a game; a pastime! To most of us it seems incred­ ible that a sporting event can provoke such a reaction, but of course the next day he will realise that it wasn´t her fault, and he is very sorry. By then the damage is yet again done as the bruises are beginning to show, though the cuts will heal, but what will never heal are the mental scars that are there for life.

During the World Cup, incidents of domestic violence rises and when England gets knocked out it leaps by 38%. Of

course England were knocked out weeks ago, along with Spain, and so it has prompted me to write this, in order to remind you to keep an eye on your neighbours, friends, and family. If a woman or a man is being abused in a relationship there may be signs, apart from the physical ones, which may not always be obvious, like the person being abused being withdrawn, jumpy or just seem constantly on edge.

Remember it is your responsibility to help; to speak to the per­ son; to offer a friendly ear and if there is evidence of abuse, it´s your responsibility to assist that individual. Of course, it´s easier said than done, as some people don´t want to be helped, because the relationship is, on the whole, good. They don´t want one or two bad incidents a month to spoil things, and then it becomes difficult. All you can do is be there and

hope they see sense before it´s too late, offer a shoulder, a place to stay or to call the police for them.

It´s no fun sitting at home in fear of that sound of a key turning in a lock, knowing exact­ ly what is going to happen, and not knowing of any way out. I was strong and I got out of an abusive relationship, however it didn´t happen without the help of another person and even after the relationship ended, my ex still tried to control me and in fact the worst assault took place after we were separated because I let him in my life to see his son, and when he final­ ly left Spain I felt like the world had lifted off my shoulders. There was no more fear. I could begin to live once again, and I have built my life up bigger and better than before. That´s not to say there isn´t still that thought that he could come back but it´s not something that fills my life.

Remember if you are in an abusive relationship and you just want someone to talk to in complete confidence, I can be contacted via The Courier. The first step is always the most difficult, and sometimes a friendly, non­judgemental ear of a stranger who has been in your shoes can be just what you need. I would write every week about domestic violence if it meant one more woman could be saved from the sheer des­ peration of being attacked in their own home by a man who claims to love or have loved her but I know the answer is not as simple as a column in a paper. But, it is as strong as the people who stand up against abuse; the worse thing to do against crime, injustice or the causing of suffering is to do nothing at all.

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WHAT THE DICKENS HAPPENED? A lot has quite rightly been said and written about the abuse of trust by top flight showbiz personalities like Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile who hurt vulnerable children, who in many cases were in awe of them and frightened to report their lewd activities to their parents and the authori­ ties.

Arguably, an even greater level of trust­breaking comes

when elected officials indulge in sickening acts and then use what facilities they have at their disposal to cover them up. In the pre­ internet and social network­ ing decade of the 80’s, sto­ ries did the rounds about paedophile rings involving politicians and civil servants.

I heard these tales, though with few names being men­ tioned, whilst talking to col­ leagues who worked on the

Westminster beat. In truth, you shrugged your shoul­ ders and thought it was a load of hot air, but in the light of what Harris and Savile did, it’s perhaps long over­ due to see whether there was any substance to these old allegations, and of course whether there was an attempt to brush them under the carpet.

Geoffrey Dickens was a popular plain­speaking Tory

MP who was well liked by his Yorkshire constituents and by the media. He was always good for a quote, but he wasn’t scared to get his hands dirty in fighting for a principle. In the early 80’s, having only been elected to parliament in 1979, he steadfastly campaigned against a ring that traded in child pornography. He even used parliamentary privilege to name an ex­British diplo­ mat, and compiled a dossier of child abuse allegations said to feature prominent politicians. He gave it to Home Secretary, Leon Brittan, but no action was taken (for whatever reason) and it was handed over to the Civil Service, who then eventually “lost it”. It’s now emerged that over 100 files over child abuse allegations, in addition to the Dickens dossier, have disappeared, and the question has to be asked why?

It could just be old­fash­ ioned Whitehall incompe­ tence, which is totally plausi­ ble, or it might be something more sinister. Cool heads

must prevail though, rather than some kind of witch­hunt.

Despite what Geoffrey Dickens’ son has said about the “explosive” nature of his dad’s dossier, hardly anybody has seen it, and so it is pure speculation.

Geoffrey Dickens himself would surely have used the cover of parliamentary privilege again to pluck a big name out of the hat, rather than staying quiet, unless he felt threatened. He said that was the case, with phone calls being made to him, and his London home being burgled twice at the height of his allegations (nothing was taken), along with his name being put on a hit list. We will not know any more from him because Dickens died 19 years ago, and some of his ex­colleagues have said that he was prone to a bit of exaggeration over a com­ forting glass of wine. That

may or may not be the case, but back in the 80’s, news­ papers were “warned” against pursuing paedophile investigations concerning politicians and officials.

Dickens was derided in cer­ tain sections of The Establishment for being a fantasist, but that would have suited certain agen­ das. I’ll bet you anything that 30 years ago, anybody accusing Rolf Harris and Jimmy Savile of anything nasty would have been laughed at. I’ll also bet you, that the Dickens file will never see the light of day again!

SEPA. MEANS SAFE AND EFFICIENT PAYMENTS IN SPAIN. What is SEPA? The Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is making euro payments faster, safer and more efficient within the 34 EU countries. It enables customers to make cashless euro pay­ ments to anyone within the EU. What are the ways to pay using SEPA? 1. SEPA credit transfer A single way to transfer funds nationally or anywhere within the EU. 2. SEPA direct debit Now charges can be made directly to an account in one EU country for services provided by a company based in another country.

3. SEPA for cards Customers can conveniently use the same cards they use for national purchases, any­ where in Europe. Merchants will accept all cards, making payment processes easier and more attractive.

SEPA standards required for full introduction 1. IBAN IBAN is the International Bank Account Number that identifies your account anywhere in the world. With a maximum of 34 digits it includes the following in order: 2 digits country code 2 digits check digit 30 digits (max) account identification specific to each country UK IBAN example: GB19 LOYD 3096 1700 7099 43 2. BIC BIC (Bank Identifier Code) numbers will be phased out for cross­border payments by February 2016.

3. PAYMENT CARDS All payment cards will be migrated from magnetic strip to EMV chip. There is currently no date for completion.

Timeline for the SEPA process The process began in 1999 and is now in the final migration phase.

February 2014: Credit transfers and direct debits in the EU should be carried out in accor­ dance with the standards mentioned above. A six month transition period is being intro­ duced.

February 2016: For niche products with specific characteristics a longer transition phase is made for in some countries.

31 October 2016: EU member states with non­euro currencies must adhere to standards set for credit transfers and direct debits in euros, by this end date.

SEPA indicators. Key facts at a glance.

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PICKPOCKET POLITICIANS q COST US DEAR Compared with the conti­ nent, Britain´s road net­ work (and rail network for that matter) is a national disgrace and a joke. Years of neglect has resulted in potholes appearing faster than they can be repaired, and years of underfunding has resulted in roads total­ ly incapable of coping with the volume of vehicles try­ ing to use them.

Desperate to see improve­ ments, the Local Government Association wants the government to hand back to councils a mere 2p from the fuel duty of 57.95p per litre to clear the pothole backlog. Of course, this has gone down like a lead balloon in government because both politicians and bureaucrats hate the idea of not being able to spend money as they think fit, and, of course, on their pet proj­ ects. But just imagine a Utopia where the money raised by a particular tax was actually ploughed back from where it came. Take all the money which comes from motorists for example. If it was all put back into the transport system, we would have the best roads, rail­ ways, buses, airports, sea ports, etc. in the world. But, of course, motorists are seen as milch cows funding all manner of government spending which bears no relation to transport. It all goes into that vast melting pot. If the government had properly ring­fenced money taken from people in National Insurance contributions to fund pensions, there would not be a pension crisis today.

But of course the fund was raided, and as soon as this happens, you go down a slip­ pery slope from which there

is no recovery. If the same basic principle had been applied to welfare benefits, again we would not be facing the crisis we are in now. The public should have been told years ago that the welfare budget was in danger of being exceeded and a refer­ endum would have asked the voters whether they wanted more money spent. What a wonderful brake that would have been to stop govern­ ment after government hand­ ing out money to people who should have been booted up the backside and sent out to work or allowed them to become baby factories.

Back to Britain´s road network again for this next observation. Britain, like Spain, has been switching off street lights to save money. It started at the beginning of the recession and, according to the AA, it has resulted in at least six deaths in five years.

What an indictment!

According to accident investi­ gators, motorists have little chance of avoiding collisions on unlit streets at speeds over 40mph, and the AA warns the problems will only get worse as councils, hard­ up for cash, turn off more and more lights. We have noticed more and more stretches of major roads, once lit, are now dark at nights. But it´s nowhere near as absurd as in Spain where roundabout after roundabout is now unlit.

How dangerous is that? I would like the equivalent of the AA in Spain to come out with their statistics as to how many people have paid with their lives because street lights on main roads have been turned off at night.

Personally, I would like to see every person responsible for making such a decision pros­

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ecuted for manslaughter if a death results in such a stupid decision. Back in the UK, inquest after inquest has heard coroners say that if street lights had not been turned off the chances are there would have been no accident and no death. There is transparency on this issue in Britain. Is there similar transparency in Spain? An Interesting question and I would love to hear the Spanish authorities on this issue.

Some women seem to think that men like women with big boobs.

Some will go almost any lengths to achieve huge boobs ­ at any price.

Fellas...Do you like women with big boobs? Personally I don´t ­ give me a petite woman any day. Anyway, Debbie Delmar, 34, from Powys, is just 5ft and was petite. Now, sadly, she has had three enlargement pro­ cedures since the age of 28, taking her from her natural 30DD to 30FF and 30HH. Her boobs contain five pints of silicone...yuk! Many sur­ geons refused the third oper­ ation, but sadly in May, Debbie(pictured in all her glory!) successfully found a doctor willing to carry it out for £8,000 at the private Highgate Hospital in London.

She had the huge silicone implants made by a French company. The mother­of­ two's chest is now so big that at first she was unable to bring her hands together to clap. Personally, I hate this

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sort of private medicine and would see it banned. These money­grabbing surgeons should be working in the NHS. And what would hap­ pen if something went woe­ fully wrong with these eye­ sores. No doubt Debbie would rush to the NHS to put things right. Should she be able to have an operation to put things right at the public´s expense? I think not. When women have to have breast surgery for medical reasons, that´s unquestionably acceptable. But should women have these sorts of operations, on their boobs, face, or any other part of their body for pure vanity? I have my views. Do you? She´s forked out £14,000 for all the boob enlargements. Money well spent?

Debbie Delamar's implants together weigh a back­breaking 7lbs, or 3.175kgs. That is equiva­ lent to: ­ One and a quarter bags of 2.5kg spuds ­ A small shark ­ A bowling ball ­ A three­month German Shepherd ­ Two house bricks ­ An adult cat ­ Seven 1lb bags of sugar ­ Two boxes of wine ­ Eight rugby balls ­ An Xbox 360 She added: "I’m happy with the way they look now and have no plans to go big­ ger. I don't think my hubby would be as understanding the fourth time around."

My final comment:­I´m so glad I´m not the hubby!

Last week, I highlighted an appalling problem facing Britain ­ that there are now fewer people putting cash into the country´s econ­ omy than there are people taking money out. Britain´s welfare society has grown so huge that it´s got out of all control and the unsustain­ able outcome is the army of people getting cash out of the system exceeds those putting money in. But that´s only part of the mammoth financial problem facing Britain. Despite all the efforts by the Coalition government in trying to get government spending under control, the horrible fact is that the coun­ try´s debts are increasing by almost £4,000 every second ­ yes, every second. Despite all the dire warnings, the gov­ ernment still spends money as if there is no tomorrow, and they are joined by coun­ cils, whose members are exceedingly good at spend­ ing other people´s money.

The government insists major progress has been made in reining in spending, including saving £14.3billion compared to the final year of the last Labour government.

It may be true, but it´s nowhere near enough and made so much worse when the Labour opposition criticis­ es every single cut in spend­ ing, knowing full well that they would be forced to do the same if they were in power. Miliband seems to be the world´s worst culprit in trying to score cheap political advantage, never missing a trick. The Taxpayers Alliance warns public money has been "spent with impunity" by councils, hospitals and Whitehall departments splashing out on celebrities, Christmas trees and cos­ tumes. The group is launch­ ing a War on Waste road­ show touring the country to highlight the scale of the challenge of balancing the nation’s books. It includes

£22billion on overpaying public sector pay and pen­ sions, £20.6billion lost to fraud, £1.6billion in higher sickness rates in the public sector and £1.4billion on ‘overgenerous’ annual leave.

Britain may have turned a corner in getting its economy looking healthier ­ and far healthier than Europe ­ but has gone nowhere near far enough in solving the gov­ ernment spending and bor­ rowing problem. If it goes on as it has been, Britain will be in a terrible state in a few years.

Now let´s look at just one example of pouring money away for nothing. A senior police officer has land­ ed a £74,000 increase in his taxpayer­funded pension ­ after being promoted just two months before he was due to retire! Chief Superintendent Clive Burgess was given a salary increase by West Midlands Police to £94,690­ a­year following his appoint­ ment in November 2013.

Just a month earlier, the 48­ year­old senior officer, who lives in a £475,000 detached house in Coventry, was told he would have to leave the force on January 23rd this year under a measure called A19, which forces officers to retire after 30 years’ service.

But on November 11th, he was suddenly promoted to Assistant Chief Constable ­ which exempted him from the compulsory retirement policy ­ a move which pushed his £74,000­a­year salary up by £20,000. The potential lump sum he could claim from his pension pot went from £276,878 to £351,707 ­ a rise of £74,829. But his annual pension also increased from £37,000 to around £47,000, meaning he could earn a fur­ ther £300,000 by the age of 78, the average UK male life expectancy. Nice work if you can get it ­ and it seems it´s easier to get it if you´re paid by the public purse.

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SAY IT IN SPANISH Learn the lingo - with a little help from JEANETTE ERATH Spanish 130

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So how do we go on to say ' it is hot'? Remember, once Hi and welcome back to another steaming week of again we aren't using the verb' to be' this time we are using Spanish. Summer is well and truly here and once again I'm which verb?

That's right, the verb we need is hacer and we have to use going to give you some important phrases and words that it in the third person singular only (el,ella form) so we say you may find useful.

Let's start with one of the phrases that you will be using a hace calor. Again, have a look at when we use hacer to talk lot over the next few months, and one we have to be espe­ about the weather.

Now here is a list of some common Spanish words with cially careful with, I have a laugh with some of my students when they get this one wrong and when you know why 'm sure you'll laugh too!

The phrase in English is “I'm hot” I'm sure you all know there are two words for hot in Spanish: calor and caliente, and the verb ' am' as in I am comes from the English verb 'to be', I hope you remember in Spanish there are two verbs ' to be' SER and ESTAR, there­ fore some of my students will translate direct­ ly I am hot as 'estoy caliente' it's at this point that I look at them and wonder how to explain what they have just said, because the trans­ lation of estoy caliente is ' I am horny' or ' I am frisky'! So you see how learning Spanish can be a minefield, so what is the correct way to say ' I am hot'?

In the first instance I hope you remem­ bered to change the verb from to be to to have, therefore the Spanish will say tengo calor or tengo mucho calor, if you think of the more literal translation as: I have heat, we know that we're not going to use muy because I have very heat,doesn't their English translations, remember the rules of pronuncia­ make sense, therefore we have to change it to I have a lot of tion that we went through just a few weeks ago: swimming costume – El bañador / el traje de baño, bikini heat, which sounds correct, therefore if you hear someone saying 'tengo muy calor' you know they are using the wrong – el bikini, sunglasses – las gafas de sol , T shirt – la word and you yourself can make sure that you say it properly. camiseta, To go on vacation – ir de vacaciones, To be on It may be a good time for you to revise when we use TENER vacation – estar de vacaciones, To travel – viajar, Suitcase instead of ESTAR in Spanish phrases, check – la maleta, Friends – los amigos/las amigas, Beach – la

playa, To swim – nadar, To tan – broncearse, Suntan lotion – el bronceador/crema de sol, Camp – el campamento, To camp – acampar, Roller coaster – la montaña rusa, Garden – el jardín, Firework – el dispositivo or el pirotécnico, Fireworks – los fuegos artificiales, Park – el parque, div­ ing, to dive – el buceo / bucear, island – la isla, lake, el lago, ocean – el océano, a wave (in the sea!) ­ una ola, swimming pool – la piscina, port – el puerto, beach umbrel­ la – la sombrilla, surfing / to surf – el surf / hacer surf, shade – la sombra.

Wave: When speaking of a wave in the ocean or other body of water, the word ola is used. But when speaking of a wave in hair or in the physics sense, the word onda is used.

Thus a microwave oven is un horno de microondas. There is no specific verb for "to wave" as in waving a hand; common phrases are saludar con la mano for a simple wave of the hand or despedirse de alguién con la mano or waving goodbye.

Here are some phrases to help you when you are out and about: Yo estoy tomando sol en la playa – I am sunnbathing on the beach, ¿Tú vas a jugar fútbol en el parque? ­ Are you going to play football in the park?, Nosotros vamos a hacer camping este fin de semana ­ We're going camping this weekend, Mis hermanos están nadando en la piscina ­ My brothers are swimming in the pool, Ellos siempre hacen un castillo grande de arena ­ They always make a big sand castle, ¡Me gusta tomar muchos días de vacaciones en verano! ­ I like to take a lot of days holiday in the summer! Quiero dos helados y una coca cola por favor – I want two ice creams and a coke please.

These are just a few phrases to hopefully help you through this summer season, as ever, have a great week and ¡hasta pronto!

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SAUNA DETOXIFICATION THERAPY

With the amount of toxins and environmental contaminants in the modern world, the need for periodic detoxification is evident. Toxins exist everywhere, from our food, soaps and shampoos to the air we breathe and the clothes we wear.

These environmental toxins are suspected of playing a role in a num­ ber of diseases, including cancer, arthritis, weakened immune systems, autism, fibromyalgia, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and many more. The toxins that infest our bodies come from a variety of sources, including industrial pollu­ tants, pesticide residue, food addi­ tives and heavy metals. With all these health challenges coming at us every day, the need to detoxify our bodies is obvious.

There are several methods of detoxification, and there is still con­ siderable debate as to which method works best. The first detoxification method is chelation therapy, in which preparations of enzymes are injected into the bloodstream, where they bind with toxins and remove them.

Another popular detoxification method is fasting, either alone or in combination with herbal therapies and mineral preparations. Fasting allows the toxins in the body to be stripped away.

Another popular method of detoxification is the sauna method, in which toxins are removed through heating. One advantage of the sauna method is obvious. The sauna method is the easiest method, and it can be used effective­ ly by just about everyone. In addition, the sauna detoxifica­ tion method can be used in conjunction with the other methods to make them more effective and useful.

Sweating and sauna baths are an ancient tradition, and one long associated with good health and healing. The tra­ dition of the sauna goes back at least as far as ancient Rome, with the famous Roman baths, and includes such popular and well­known institutions as the Finnish Savusauna, the Sweat Lodge of the Native Americans, the Russian Banya and the Hammam of Morocco. It is obvious from studying history that people have been enjoying the detoxifying effects of the sauna for many years.

In today’s world, there are a great many choices when it comes to sauna and steam treatments and detoxifying pro­ grams. There are choices to fit almost any budget, from

exotic and expensive built­in home saunas to simple and less expensive portable units. Some saunas use conventional steam, whereas others use heated rocks and still others use modern and efficient infrared heaters. The effectiveness of any sauna detoxification program will depend in large measure on the type of heat that is used and the protocol that is employed.

There are some important differ­ ences between a traditional sauna and the type of steam room often found at gyms. Even though a steam room feels hotter because of the high humidity it contains, it is actually harder for the body to sweat in a steam room than in a sauna.

The traditional hot rocks sauna is still quite popular today, but it has begun to lose ground to the modern infrared saunas, which are able to provide benefits like energy efficien­ cy, increased comfort, deeper heat penetration, and better detoxifica­ tion.

Infrared saunas have been found to produce sweat that has more toxins and other organic compounds in it. As much as 15% of the sweat produced in a typical infrared sauna, for instance, is composed of dis­ solved fats, toxins and other materials, whereas only about 5%­6% of sweat in the traditional hot rock sauna contains these materials, with the remaining 94­95% being com­ posed only of water.

No matter what type of sauna you choose, there is little doubt that such sauna treatments can be good for the body as well as the soul. Saunas are a relaxing, and very effec­ tive way to remove the many toxins that build up through everyday living.

should feel the stretch in the back of your shoulder. Hold for at least 15 seconds. Repeat at least three times a day.

5. Stop What You Are Doing If a particular activity has aggravated your shoulder, then give it up or at least cut back for the time being. Avoid any movement that can make your pain worse, mainly reaching over or behind your head.

6. Make Nice With Ice Applying ice for the first few days that your shoulder hurts can help reduce inflammation. It is recommended using a

freezable gel pack, which you can purchase in a drugstore.

Wrap the pack in a thin towel and lay it on top of your shoul­ der, perhaps wrapping an elastic bandage around it to keep it in place. Leave it on for no more than 20 minutes and reap­ ply it three times a day.

7. Switch To Heat Once the inflammation subsides, you can begin treating your sore shoulder with heat. It can help loosen up your shoulder if you are stiff. Just be sure that you use moist heat, like a hot shower, rather than dry heat, like a heating pad.

Ways to Treat and Prevent Shoulder Pain

You began your Saturday with 18 holes of golf, then fol­ lowed up with an afternoon of trimming hedges, pulling weeds, and planting flowers. Now it is bedtime, and you can barely raise your arm to brush your hair. It has every reason to balk. After all, your shoulders work very hard over the course of a day. They are involved in numerous routine tasks, from turning doorknobs to writing notes. Among all the joints in your body, your shoulders are perhaps the most versatile.

They combine with a variety of tendons and muscles to give your arms their broad range of motion. So you feel as though you have been carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders literally. The good news is that you don't have to just grin and bear the burden of pain. Here are some tips that you can consider to adopt for fast relief.

1. Move Your Body Right Whether you are a weekend warrior or a serious athlete, you can avoid a repeat performance of your shoulder injury by having an expert check out your body mechanics. A qual­ ified fitness trainer or coach can spot what you are doing incorrectly, for example, when you swing your tennis racquet, or lift a barbell and teach you proper form and technique.

2. Test Your Flexibility You should be able to raise your arms overhead, both from the side and from the front. It is recommended practicing these movements until you can do them easily. Also practice reaching up behind your back, as if you were unhooking a bra. But don't try so hard that you strain yourself.

3. Limit Lifting It is also a good idea to refrain from heavy lifting while your shoulder is sore. The rule of thumb is, don't hoist anything heavier than a briefcase or a gallon of milk.

4. Stretching Gentle stretching and range­of­motion exercises are important to your shoulder's rehabilitation because they help to restore and improve flexibility. It is recommended to adopt this move to keep your shoulder loose and limber. Move the arm on the same side as your sore shoulder across your chest, toward the opposite shoulder. Then gently pull the arm toward you by placing the opposite hand over the elbow. You

INTESTINAL PARASITES ARE MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK There is a general miscon­ ception that parasites and their associated illnesses only occur in third world countries where the standard of living is low and people live in filthy unhygienic sur­ roundings; this is not so true.

Recent technological advancement in medical diagnostics now shows that parasitic infestations are more common place than previously thought.

Parasites can range from microscopic single cell proto­ zoa to worms that are 15 feet long. The most widely spread protozoan parasites in humans are Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Blastocystis hominis and Crytosporidium. These are mostly picked up from con­

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taminated food and water supplies and poor personal hygiene.

While it is common knowl­ edge that parasites cause intestinal problems such as diarrhoea and vomiting, few people realise their connec­ tion with chronic diseases. A study reported in the Journal of Nutritional Medicine revealed that out of over 400 chronic fatigue patients in New York, an incredible 93 per cent had some form of parasitic infestation. When parasites invade the intes­ tines, they may provoke allergic reactions causing inflammation which leads to

a ‘leaky gut syndrome’: a condition whereby the pores of the intestinal lining are opened too wide, allowing foreign toxic substances to enter the bloodstream.

These foreign invaders over­ load the liver and accumulate in the organs, muscles, lym­ phatic system and nervous system, thereby creating a wide variety of disease con­ ditions like arthritis, asthma, eczema, chronic fatigue and memory loss. A type of para­ site known as Entamoeba Histolytica has been found to migrate to the liver and is capable of causing weight loss and insomnia. Parasites

also depress the immune system by excreting toxic waste products into the body.

Taking simple precautions and good personal hygiene will go a long way in prevent­ ing parasites. Hand washing before eating and after going to the toilet, thorough wash­ ing of fresh fruits and vegeta­ bles and regular deworming of your pets, are all good practises. Foods such as Papaya, garlic, raw cabbage, pomegranate and pineapple have anti­parasitic proper­ ties.

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DETOX THOSE FAGS FOR A HEALTHY BODY Q

I am a 62 year old retired man, and in fairly good health even though I smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day.

Other than quitting, which I don’t see myself doing in the near future, what can I do to improve my health?

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The most important thing for you to do right now is to detoxify your body. By that I mean helping your body get rid of tox­ ins that would have accumulated from smoking cigarettes. It has been estimated that the smoke from cigarettes contains over 4000 different chemicals, many of which are extremely toxic and have been linked to can­ cer. These toxic chemicals are the reason why cigarettes are harmful to our health.

Many people are aware of Carbon monoxide as a toxic by­product of cigarette smoking.

Carbon monoxide displaces oxygen in haemoglobin – the red pigment that trans­ ports oxygen. A lack of oxygen equates to a lack of energy in cells. Without energy, cells cannot get rid of toxic waste mostly from cig­ arettes, thus creating a vicious cycle.

Cigarette smoking is recognised as the biggest source of cadmium contamination in the body. Cadmium is a highly toxic heavy metal. In my experience with performing diagnostic scans, I have observed that near­ ly all smokers and even ex­smokers are heavily contaminated with cadmium. A num­ ber of international agencies have recog­ nised cadmium as a cancer causing chemi­

cal. Cadmium has clearly been documented to decrease attention span and memory in people. In men, it reduces sperm count and libido, and has also been linked to disorders of the prostate gland. Arsenic, Cyanide and lead are known poisons, and are found in cigarette smoke. In addition, cigarette smoke is known to contain other deadly sub­ stances such as Polonium­ a cancer caus­ ing radioactive metal, Formaldehyde – used to preserve dead bodies, Methoprene – an insecticide, Benzene – used in making dyes and rubbers, among many other toxic sub­ stances. You can see that the most useful advice for any smoker is to undergo a com­ plete detoxification process to rid the body of these toxins. First, it is important to make the distinction between a ‘Metabolic Detoxification’ and a ‘Colonic Irrigation’.

Metabolic detoxification eliminates toxins from inside the cells, while a colonic irriga­ tion is more of an external process, to clean out the intestines. The difference between them can be likened to the difference between having your car cleaned out in a car wash, and having it cleaned out in a garage. Properly done detox usually takes several weeks. In my experience, the most effective products for eliminating toxins from the body are ‘Metabolic Cleanse’ and ‘Pecta Sol’. I usually use both products together for a more complete cleanse. Metabolic cleanse is a special formulation by Douglas laborato­

ries. It contains special nutrients required by the liver and intestines to remove toxic sub­ stances from the body. These special nutri­ ents include: N­acetyl Cysteine, Inositol, and many amino acids required for the body’s detoxification processes. Pecta Sol is one of the most effective agents for removing from the body heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead and arsenic. Research has shown that Pecta Sol increases the urinary excretion of heavy metals a hundred fold.

Smoking is also known to destroy Vitamin C from the body, and so smokers are better off taking lots of vitamin C. Vitamin C is extremely useful to the body as a powerful antioxidant. Vitamin C is quickly used by the body and the best form for smokers to take is ‘Slow release vitamin C’. In summary to improve your health as a smoker you should consider having a complete detox to elimi­ nate toxins from your body, and also supple­ menting with slow release Vitamin C supple­ ments.

MedB Health supplies High Quality Supplements from Douglas Laboratories.

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What is Black Cohosh?

Black cohosh also known as black snake root is a plant native to North America. The dried roots of Black cohosh

contain substances that are similar in their chemical nature to the main female hor­ mone, oestrogen. It is mainly used to relieve menopausal hot flushes and night sweats, relax menstrual cramps and treat painful or irregular periods. It has been especially helpful for managing depression, anxiety, tension and mood swings. Black cohosh has a normalising effect on female sex hor­ mones, and is known to improve sex drive caused by hormonal imbalances. Such imbalances especially occur after child birth, with irregular menstruations and around the time of menopause. Black cohosh is one of the most used and studied natural alterna­ tives to hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Several clinical studies have demon­ strated its benefits. A German trial showed that black cohosh and St John’s Wort was effective in treating 78% of women with flushes and other menopausal problems.

Most women experienced improvement in symptoms within 2 to 4 weeks. In another study, black cohosh out­performed diazepam and oestrogen based HRT in relieving depression and anxiety. Very few side effects – nausea and headache are associated with Black cohosh. It should not be taken during pregnancy or while breast feeding.

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SPANISH NEWS

BULLS HAVE A GORING TIME Two people have been gored and sev­ eral others during yesterday’s (Thursday) fourth day of the traditional running of the bulls festival in Pamplona. One man was gored in the leg and another in the foot when one bull raced ahead of the pack as it charged through the narrow streets of the city.

The San Fermin festival attracts thou­ sands of tourists and an American was gored the previous day. Bill Hillmann was seriously hurt but his injuries were not life­threatening. Mr Hillmann, 32, has co­ written a book on the festival, entitled Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona. A friend said he was trying to lure a lone bull away from a crowd when he was attacked.

The two men gored on Thursday were attacked by one of the bulls as it ran the 850m­ (2,800ft­) course from a pen to a bull ring. The run started at 8.00 am and lasted around two­and­a­half minutes.

The speed of the bulls took the runners by surprise, Spanish news agency Efe

reports. Several of the runners, known as "mozos", fell and were trampled as the bulls ran forward. The two Spanish men gored by a lone black bull were taken to hospital along with five other people who suffered various injuries.

The San Fermin festival, which is opposed by animal rights activists, was made famous by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. His great­grandson Michael Hemingway was at the event on Wednesday. Fifteen peo­ ple have died since records began in 1924.

VERA’S BIG BOOB PET SHOP RULES

Red­faced authorities in southern Spain have had the bare­cheek to ban nudism in what is an inter­ national record­ breaking natur­ ist hotspot!

Vera, near the Andalucian city of Almería, made headlines across the world in 2013 when it broke the Guinness World Record for ‘skinny dipping’, with 729 naked volun­ teers taking the plunge in the Mediterranean.

The town is also the only place in Spain to have a naturist hotel and town authorities advertise their main beach as “the best naturist beach resort in the world”.

But now fines have been introduced on tourists on being topless across the area, but the beach has been included. The total ban, according to Vera authorities, is all down to a “transcription mistake” which came after Partido Popular politicians in the town backed a local bylaw which prohibits the

practice with one exception, “item 6 in article 58”:­ a clause which doesn’t even exist.

“If we’ve made a mistake we’ll rectify, that’s that,” Popular Party spokesperson Antonio Fernández told Spanish daily El Mundo in the face of all the criticism his party has received from the opposition PSOE socialists and other groups. “It’s obvious we’re not going to shoot ourselves in the foot.”

Therefore, “promoting or circulating top­ less or without clothes in public areas” is unlikely to apply to the nudist beach or to the naturist residential areas (some of the biggest in Europe) for much longer.

Spanish pet shops are to be more strictly regulated in a move to cut down on the country’s soaring numbers of neglected pets that are bought as an impulsive pur­ chase. Agriculture minister Isabel García Tejerina was said to be considering banning the sale of animals in shops, but has decid­ ed not to do so – merely to regulate it.

Steps will be taken by pet shops to guar­ antee as far as possible that any animals they sell will be 'treated responsibly and with respect' and cared for 'as we would all want our own pets to be looked after', says

Sra García Tejerina.

The new animal protection law will also cover breeders, shelters and individual pet owners, tightening up penalties for dumping animals or mistreating them, and setting rules to reduce the incidence of such abuse. So far, the exact content of the law text, nor how it will affect pet shop sales, has not yet been confirmed. According to animal shelters across the country, Spain has one of the worst records in Europe for dogs and cats being dumped by their own­ ers.

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KEEP ON SMILING FAIRWAY HEROES

The Smile Charity Group’s latest fund­ raising night raised 505 Euros for AFA (The Alzheimer’s Association), and there was a very happy couple from La Marina:­ Ian and Barbara Charleston, who scooped a cruise by winning the top raffle prize, which was donated by El Alto La Dolores Restaurant,

Guardamar, where the evening was staged.

The Smile team are staging a Rock 'n' Roll Night at the same venue on Wednesday July 23rd, with Woody & The Peckers, in aid of TSS (Torrevieja Stroke Support), and another Mediterranean Cruise will be raffled off.

IT’S A KIND OF MAGIC

Local magician Graeme Mykel will be showing off his talent at a special show in aid of the Elche Children’s Home later this month. The event, aimed at young­ sters, will be put on at the Quesada Country Club this Thursday(July 17th) at 3.30pm, and entry is just 1 Euro per child, but they’ll each get a free squash and the first 25 will also get a special balloon!

There’ll also be a raffle for a cuddly toy, a bumper bag of sweets and beach toys.

Adults can get a free ticket for the event by popping into Spanish Life Properties in Quesada, and bring along some details on a postcard sized piece of paper, which will feature your name; your child’s name and age; and your E­mail address.

EVERY LITTLE HELPS

Help Murcia Mar Menor has given 2 thousand Euros to help poor families in the small village of La Puebla near Torre Pacheco.

The Caritas charity has been working in La Puebla since the autumn, with 54 fam­ ilies in the area hav­ ing no income in a population of just 800. Help President, Bernard Ash is pic­ tured presenting the cheque to the Caritas Cartagena district President, Chari Valera Egea.

The golfers at the Peraleja Resort in Sucina have raised a bumper sum of 4,025 Euros in a sponsored tournament with the money all going to the Murcia branch of the Caritas charity. Chris Hardwidge (pictured

on the left), presented the cheque to the local director­general of Caritas, Antonio Sanchez Martinez, as well as making a request for the funds to be used locally in Sucina.

The Butterfly Children’s Charity DEBRA is better off to the tune of 970 Euros after a fashion show was put on at the Montebello Urbanisation near Algorfa. Peter and Isabelle Illsley’s house was used to stage the event and it kicked off in spectacular fashion with The Torrevieja Pipes and Drums, with entertainment provided later on by the singers of Dayamantes from Daya Nueva.

Butterfly skin is scientifically named Epidermolysis Bullosa and is a very serious condition which is caused by a genetic muta­ tion. It is classified as a rare disease which is chronic and incurable. DEBRA is a charita­

ble organization which offers help and sup­ port to children and their families suffering from this condition.

BUTTERFLY BOOST

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FILLING SALAD RECIPES MOROCCAN CHICKEN SALAD Ingredients 2 chicken breasts, about 150g each 4tsps olive oil 2tsps harissa paste 6 baby courgettes, each sliced into 3 pieces lengthways 4 slices of ciabatta 2 handfuls of watercress 180g packet griddled artichokes in oil 16 green olives 1tbsp balsamic vinegar Handful of garlic chives, optional

Method

1. Put the chicken breasts between 2 sheets of cling film and bash with a rolling pin until the meat is about 1cm thick.

2. Rub 2tsps of oil over the chicken, then the harissa paste.

Heat a griddle pan until very hot. Rub the rest of the oil over the courgette slices and grill until tender.

3. Wipe any excess paste off the chicken and grill the breasts for 3­4 minutes on each side. Take out of the pan and wrap in foil. Griddle the slices of ciabatta.

4. Divide the watercress, chunks of ciabatta, courgettes, artichokes and olives between 4 plates. Slice the chicken and arrange on top. Whisk 3tbsps of oil from the pack of artichokes with the balsamic vinegar and drizzle over the salad. Scatter with garlic chives, if you like.

SPICED THAI BEEF SALAD WITH WILD RICE Ingredients 198g (7oz) dried wild and longgrain rice 397g (14oz) lean frying, sirloin or fillet steak, cut into thin strips 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped 1tsp finely grated ginger 1tbsp finely chopped lemongrass 4 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded 2 spring onions, finely sliced 2 red chillies, deseeded (optional) and finely chopped 1tbsp dark soy sauce

100ml (3½ fl oz) beef stock ½ cucumber, finely shred­ ded Juice of 2 limes 1tbsp nam pla (Thai fish sauce) ½ tsp artificial sweetener (optional)

Method

1. Cook the rice according to the packet instructions, drain and transfer to a wide mixing bowl.

2. Heat a non­stick frying pan or wok over a high heat and when hot, add the beef strips, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, lime leaves, spring onions and red chillies. Stir­fry over a high heat for 5­6 mins or until the beef is sealed and lightly browned.

3. Add the soy sauce and stock and bring to the boil. Cook over a moderate heat for 8­10 mins, stirring often until all the liquid is absorbed. Remove from the heat and set aside. Toss the cucumber with the reserved rice and divide between four serving plates or bowls.

4. Mix together the lime juice, fish sauce and sweetener, if using, and stir until dissolved. Spoon this mixture over the beef and toss to mix well. Spoon the beef mixture over the rice and serve immediately.

POACHED EGG SALAD NICOISE Ingredients 100g(4oz) fine green beans 2 large tomatoes, sliced Fresh chives, snipped 2 large eggs 2 x 100g (4oz) fresh tuna steaks 25g (1oz) capers 50g (2oz) black olives Vinaigrette salad dressing

Method

1. Cook the beans, then drain and cool.

Place the eggs in a small pan of boiling water and bring slow­ ly to the boil. Cook for 3 mins, drain, rinse under cold water and remove shell.

2. In the meantime, griddle the fresh tuna steaks.

3. To serve, place the tuna on a bed of sliced tomato and green beans. Sprinkle over the capers, black olives and the chives. Spoon over the vinaigrette dressing then top the tuna with the lightly poached egg.

SAUSAGE AND WARM WHITE BEAN SALAD Ingredients 8 chunky pork and herb sausages 4tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion, chopped 450g cooked white beans such as cannellini or butter beans Salt and freshly ground black pepper Juice of 1 lemon 2 tsp caster sugar 100g sun­blush tomatoes in oil, drained and roughly chopped 1 large handful of wild rocket Fresh Parmesan and lemon wedges to serve

Method

1. Preheat the grill to a medium/hot setting. Arrange the sausages on the grill rack and cook, turning, according to the packet instructions – approx. 20 mins. Drain and keep warm.

2. Meanwhile, heat 1tbsp oil in a saucepan and gently cook the onion, stirring, occasionally for about 15 mins until tender.

Mix in the beans and plenty of seasoning and heat through, stirring, for 3­4 mins.

3. Just before serving, mix the remaining oil with the lemon juice and sugar. Remove the beans from the heat and stir in the tomatoes and rocket.

4. Pile the beans onto warm serving plates and spoon over the oil and lemon dressing. Halve the sausages lengthways and place on top of the beans. Serve warm with shavings of Parmesan and lemon wedges.

PASTA, POTATO AND BACON SALAD Ingredients 300g fusilli pasta 300g new potatoes Two spring onions Two large handfuls of spinach 200g sour cream 200g lardons (small strips or cubes of pork fat) Chopped flat leaf parsley to serve

Method

1. Cook the pasta and drain. Cut the potatoes into quar­ ters and boil or steam until cooked.

2. Fry the lardons in their own fat (you may need to add a splash of olive oil) when they start to brown add the spinach and cook for a further couple of minutes until limp.

3. Finely chop the parsley and add all the ingredients to a large mixing bowl. Mix well and season to taste. Can be served hot or cold.

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TUNA AND BROWN RICE SALAD Ingredients 150g cooked brown bas­ mati rice (or 65g raw brown basmati cooked until ten­ der) 3tbsp fresh salsa dip 2 spring onions, sliced 50g red kidney beans 50g canned or bottled pep­ pers, drained and sliced 1 (80g) can tuna steak in brine, drained and flaked Salad leaves to serve

Method

1.Mix the rice with the salsa, onions, beans and peppers.

Season to taste.

2. Gently fold in the tuna.

3. Place a handful of leaves at the base of your lunch box or serving bowl, then heap the rice salad on top. If you like, top with a bit of extra salsa to taste.

BEEF AND BEETROOT SALAD Ingredients 150g(5oz) rump steak, trimmed of all fat 2½ tsp olive oil ½ red and ½ yellow pep­ per, deseeded and halved 1 large courgette, trimmed and cut into 8 long, thin slices 4­6 cooked baby beetroot, cut into wedges Handful of rocket and chard leaves per person 4tsp sweet chilli sauce, for serving

Method

1. Rub the steak on both sides with ½ tsp of the oil and leave at room temperature for 10 mins, then cook it on a hot griddle for 2­3 mins each side. Set aside for 10 mins on a plate.

2. Brush the vegetable strips with the rest of the oil and grid­ dle until browned and tender. Arrange them on 2 warm plates.

3. Cut the steak into thin slices and arrange among the veg­ etables, with the beetroot wedges. Add rocket and chard leaves, and serve with a little dish of chilli sauce, for dipping.

(Not suitable for freezing).

TABBOULEH Ingredients 50g bulgur wheat 2 tomatoes 1/2 red onion 1 bunch parsley 1 bunch mint Juice 1 lemon 2­3tbsp olive oil

Method

1. Soak bulghur wheat in 100ml boil­ ing water for 5 mins until it has absorbed the water.

2. Meanwhile, roughly chop the tomatoes and red onion, and finely chop the parsley and mint.

3. Stir the tomatoes, onions and herbs into the wheat with the lemon juice and olive oil. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Serve chilled

CHICKEN LIVER SALAD Ingredients 400g (14oz) fresh chicken liv­ ers Salt and ground black pepper 2 thick slices white bread 3 tbsp clarified butter 4­6 rashers streaky bacon, chopped 4 good handfuls of salad leaves For the dressing 1 tbsp cider vinegar 1 tsp Dijon mustard Pinch of sugar 2 tbsp light olive oil 1 tbsp walnut oil

Method

1. Remove sinews from the livers and, if large, cut livers into bite­sized pieces. Season well.

2. Cut the crusts off the bread and cut the bread into 1cm (½in) cubes.

3. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the bread, stir well to coat in butter and fry for a few mins until crisp and golden. Drain them on kitchen paper and keep them warm in the oven.

4. Add the chopped bacon to the hot pan and fry until crispy.

Put on the baking tray with the fried bread. Heat the rest of the butter in the pan with any fat from the bacon, add the chicken livers in one layer and fry for a couple of mins each side. Take the frying pan off the heat.

5. Mix the dressing ingredients in a small bowl or jug and season. Put a handful of leaves on each plate, then divide the chicken livers, bacon and croutons between the plates.

Drizzle with the dressing and serve warm.

POTATO AND APPLE SALAD WITH MACKEREL Ingredients 200g (7oz) potatoes, peeled and diced 100g (31/2oz) fennel (½ bulb), trimmed (keep the fronds) and finely diced 2tbsp mayonnaise ½ rounded tsp hot horseradish from a jar 1 red­skinned apple (Jazz variety used here) 1 lemon, half of it sliced, plus the juice from the other half Salt and freshly ground black pepper A few sprigs of dill

Method 1. 1 Add the potato to a pan of boiling water and cook for 3 mins. Stir in the fennel and cook for another 2­3 mins or until the potato is just soft.

Drain, rinse with cold water, then drain well again.

2. Mix the mayonnaise and horseradish in a large bowl and gently stir in the cooled potato and fennel mixture.

3. Quarter the apple, remove the core and dice the apple, adding it to the lemon juice in a small bowl. Coat the apple well with juice then mix the apple and juice into the potato mixture with seasoning and the chopped fronds of fennel, if any, or dill sprigs.

4. Chop the beetroot, finely dicing it, and mix with the olive oil.

5. Spoon the potato salad on to a plate then spoon the chopped beetroot on the side. Top with a few rocket leaves.

6. Arrange the mackerel on top of the potato salad with some lemon slices and dill sprigs.

PASTA, AVOCADO AND MINTY BEANS SALAD Ingredients 150g frozen broad beans 150g frozen edamame soya beans 600g pasta 4tbsp extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil Juice of 1 lemon Handful mint leaves removed & roughly chopped Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 avocado, halved, stoned, peeled and cut into chunks 200g Greek feta, crumbled.

Method 1. Bring two pans of water to the boil.

2. Add the edamame and broad beans to one of the pans, cook for 5 mins, then drain in a colander. When cool enough to handle slip the broad beans out of their skins, discard the skins.

3. Cook the pasta in the other pan of water as per pack instructions or until al­dente. Drain and transfer to a warm serving dish.

4. Whisk together the olive or avocado oil, lemon juice, mint and season lightly.

5. Lightly toss together with the broad beans, edamame beans and avocado and scatter over the feta. Serve immedi­ ately.

Top nosh and booze at the old Bull The Bull and Bush Bar based in the Alameda Commercial Centre, Aguas Nuevas was taken over by new owners Fernando and Jose 3 months ago and is proving very popu­ lar with local residents. Their fully qualified Chef Mike has over 20 years experience in the food industry and has worked in many establishments throughout Europe. Mike’s speciality dish is his steaks and he is also famous for his very tasty curries. Only fresh local produce is used in all of Mike’s dishes. The Bull and Bush is open from 10am until late daily and English breakfasts are available from just 3.50 euros, with the Spanish equivalent, Tostada and coffee is priced at only 1.50 euros. Every day between 10am and 5pm, you can order a coffee for just 80c, a small beer or cider for 1 Euro or a large beer or cider for 2 euros. The Bull and Bush have a special deal on for the sport fans in that if you wear your team shirt during any of the games shown on their large TV screen, you will receive Happy Hour Prices. The Bull and Bush has a fantastic ambience and serves the best home­ made food. For reservations Tel. 677 462 254 or 622 727 397.

Chef Mike

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STRANGE BUT TRUE 7 old wives' tales that turned out to be TRUE

For centuries, superstition would have us believe that the moon could transform ordinary men into murderers, maniacs and werewolves.

But researchers have now discovered scientific proof that, like other animals, our behaviour may be affected by lunar patterns after all.

A study by the University of Gothenburg found that people found it harder to sleep during periods around the full moon...even when they were kept in a completely dark envi­ ronment.

From weather to hangover cures, it's just the latest exam­ ple of a truth myth where science backs up an old wives’ tale...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

Carrots help you see in the dark This was originally a piece of British propaganda spread during World War Two in a bid to convince the Germans that this vegetable was helping us spot enemy aircraft – in reality radar was doing that job.

But researchers at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam found there was some truth in the myth when they found that eating high levels of beta carotene – the chemical that makes carrots orange – can prevent age­relat­ ed eye deterioration by up to 35%.

Eating cheese before bedtime gives you strange dreams

predominantly nostalgic dreams.

Heartburn in pregnancy indicates a hairy baby

This less well known, but highly bizarre, old wives tale isn't entirely unfounded. Researchers at John Hopkins University in Baltimore in the US examined 64 pregnant women and charted the severity of their heartburn.

They then measured how much hair was on their babies' heads and found that those women who had suffered the highest levels of heartburn did give birth to hairier babies.

The theory is that one doesn't cause the other, but that both heartburn and hairy babies are caused by the same thing – hormone levels.

Eating celery burns off more calories than the celery provides

Eating this fruit every 24 hours isn't a complete panacea, but research at the University of Ulster found that high levels of apple phenols, which work as potent antioxidants, may combat colon cancer and researchers at Cornell University, in the US, found that apples could prevent mammary can­ cers.

Meanwhile cancer experts at Oxford University have also said that if everyone over the age of 50 ate an apple a day, 8,500 annual deaths from heart attacks and strokes could be avoided in the UK thanks to their health­enhancing antioxi­ dants and flavonoids.

The general consensus is that this is true as a stick of cel­ ery provides about five calories – roughly the same amount of calories required to digest it. It is said to be a “negative calorie” food, partly because the meagre amount of calories contained in celery are hard for the body to fully access due to the plant's fibrous nature.

Others question the idea of the existence of “negative calorie” foods and suggest there's just one real example: chilled water, which has zero calories but prompts a calorie­ consuming metabolic response from the body.

The Met Office confirms there is some truth in the idea that a red sky is a sign that the next day's weather will, in general, be mild. Red skies appear when dust and small par­ ticles are trapped in the atmosphere by high pressure mov­ ing in from the west.

The other saying is 'red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning', which means that the high pressure is now in the east, meaning that the good weather system has probably passed and less favourable weather is likely to follow.

The idea that having a drink will help cure you of a hang­ over has some basis in science. The awful feeling associat­ ed with that morning after the night before is due, in part, to the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal as well as over con­ sumption.

Taking a wee tipple will help alleviate this, but it is always a stop­gap measure since you either need to stop drinking and deal with the other symptoms or carry on and re­start the vicious cycle.

Hair of the dog

Red sky at night, shepherd's delight

A study conducted for the British Cheese Board found that around 80 per cent of participants in the survey experienced crazy dreams after eating Stilton. These dreams included a vegetarian crocodile being upset because it couldn't eat chil­ dren and soldiers putting down their guns and fighting each other with kittens. Those who ate cheddar dreamed more about celebrities, those who had some Red Leicester had

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Horoscopes Aries March 21 ­ April 19 Listen closely to the wind, for the answers are blowing around right in front of you today, Aries. Make contact with people you haven't heard from in a while. You'll find that you can be quite productive where you least expect it. Ironically, the less you plan, the more you'll get done. Be spontaneous in your actions. Revelations will come to you like lightning.

Taurus April 20 ­ May 20 You might find yourself sidestepping in order to avoid a commitment today, Taurus. Don't keep giving someone the runaround. Be strong and let people know your thoughts even if you think their feel­ ings will be hurt. Your job is to protect your emotions. Other people can handle their own. Be aggressive if you have to be.

Your own sanity depends on you being true to yourself.

Gemini May 21 ­ June 20 You're at a dramatic climax in your monthly emotional cycle today, Gemini. It's possible that you'll erupt like a volcano. Don't be ashamed of releasing these emotions. Your feminine and masculine natures are quite connected and they're working harmo­ niously in order to express themselves to the fullest. Open the gates of communica­ tion and let the stampede charge through.

Cancer June 21 ­ July 22 Your Florence Nightingale side might make an appearance today, Cancer. Your default defense is to take care of yourself and others.

That's fine, but make sure you do it in a way that doesn't deplete your vital life force. The key is to offer advice and then leave the situ­ ation. You aren't responsible for others' actions. Offer information, but leave the final decision up to the person you're trying to help.

By Pandora Leo July 23 ­ August 22 Today is a terrific day for you, Leo. You'll find that you can get quite a bit done using your quick mind and sharp wit.

Information is flying fast and furious.

Grab hold of what resonates with you and discard what doesn't. The more informed you are, the better equipped you'll be to handle the decisions of the day. Make sure you have all the facts before you proceed.

Virgo August 23 ­ September 22 Often we ask ourselves, "Why me?" You might feel like you ask yourself this ques­ tion more than anyone else, Virgo. Your life probably seems at times like a roller­ coaster ride that never ends. Deep down, you realize that you'd have it no other way. Take a break from things today if you can. Communicate your thoughts and feelings to others. By talking it out, you'll feel much better about the situation.

Libra September 23 ­ October 22 You may find your brain buzzing around like a bee today, Libra. This is good.

There's a great deal of information that you need to process now. Have you been think­ ing about buying some new electronic equipment or small appliances for your home? Now is a great time to do some research on this project before you pull out your wallet. Use this day to gather facts.

Scorpio October 23 ­ November 21 Don't automatically assume that you can work out all your problems by yourself, Scorpio. Just the act of talking things over with others can help shed light on a situa­ tion that was baffling you earlier. Enlist the help of others in areas where you need help. Don't be ashamed to ask for assis­ tance. We all have problems and issues to deal with. You aren't alone.

Sagittarius November 22 ­ December 21 Get up early and get working, Sagittarius.

You have a lot of emotional and physical energy that should help you accomplish whatever you need to do. The planetary energy is on your side. Take advantage of it to say what's on your mind and get closer to wherever you need to be. Your active and receptive sides are in agreement today. You should be able to find a healthy balance between giving and receiving.

Capricorn December 22 ­ January 19 Feel free to speak up today, Capricorn.

Perhaps no one has heard your point of view in a while. It's probably important for them to hear it. Just because people don't ask for your opinion, that doesn't mean it isn't valid. You have incredible intuitive insight that others fail to see.

Don't assume they know what you're thinking ­ even though you probably know what they're thinking.

Aquarius January 20 ­ February 18 Someone has turned on the fan and papers are flying everywhere, Aquarius.

The pace of things is picking up and you're scrambling to pick up the pieces.

Stay in close communication with others today. This will be your saving grace. You may require others' help to fetch the stack of important documents that has blown across the room.

Pisces February 19 ­ March 20 No one is going to be catering to your needs today, Pisces, so get up and do things on your own. You'll find that there is little sympathy from others, and strong opinions are a dime a dozen. There's a great deal of gossip buzzing around that you may be tempted to join in on. Don't be an enabler of this sort of behavior. It's only going to alienate you from others in the long run.

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RICHARD CAVENDER

Bluemoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es

BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services com­ pany on the Costa Blanca, they provide quality computer services at realistic prices and specialise in working with home users and small businesses.

Richard moved to Spain seven years ago hav­ ing left his management background behind in the UK and decided to use his IT skills to help home users and small businesses with their PC problems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he is out and about in the Spanish sun every day, making house and shop calls and using his vast experience and qualifications to (usually) sort out the problem there and then. Computers are his hobby as well as his work so don’t be surprised to get an answer to your email in the early hours!

Sue wanted to know how to get her new Spanish key- Rita was having problems with Skype being blocked by McAfee board working on her computer

Q

Just a minor query regarding Spanish keyboards. I am unable to get the Spanish n with the tilde over it as in manana etc, even though there is a character key for it as it was a Spanish keyboard.

We bought and installed a new Spanish keyboard yesterday and again the same is hap­ pening. When I press the key for n+tilde I just get ; or in cap­ itals ; and pressing alt or alt gr does not make any difference.

Not a big deal I know, but if I want to write in Spanish then I do need the proper keyboard so do you have any advice on how to fix this?

A

Hi Sue, yep it’s not that straight forward really, for what should be a simple change, but here goes…

1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. 2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards.

3. Click Add. 4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand Spanish (Spain, International Sort).

5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the Spanish check box, and then click OK. 6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard.

In the Default input language list, click Spanish (Spain, International Sort) – Spanish, and then click OK two times.

8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK. Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout.

10. Click the Language bar, and then click ES Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

office@bluemoonsolutions.es www.bluemoonsolutions.es Mobile: 655 044 970

Office: 902 906 200

Don’t forget you can follow me on twit­ ter @bluemoonspain Alternately why don’t you sign up for my newsletter. You can do this by going to:­ www.bluemoonsolutions.es and fill in the form that is on any page except the front page.

Q A

Hello ­ I wonder if you can help me. I accidentally said "block" when my McAfee Security asked if I wanted to block Skype and so now I can't access my Skype.

How do I get back my Skype? My mistake of course but I don't know how to rectify it. Would appreciate your assistance. Many thanks ­ Rita Hi Rita, you will need to open up McAffee and do the following…

1. Open security centre 2. Go Web and email protection 3. Go to firewall 4. go to Internet connection for programs 5. Locate the program that you want to unblock and change its access to the Internet Update: Richard ­ thank you so much. I really REALLY appreciated your help. Well done. Regards ­ Rita

Michael was having problems with Microsoft ActiveSync and his Sat Nav system

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Hi Richard, I am trying to install a programme for my sat nav and a programme called `Microsoft active sync` will not install as it says there is not an email programme installed for this. Obviously it will take live mail. It says it cannot complete the installation due to incom­ patibility problems check on line for a solution which I press but there is no solution for it. Is there anything I can do to install this programme independent from the sat nav installation set up?

Hi Michael, I’m not sure why your installation is confusing Microsoft ActiveSync with an email application as the two are very different programmes. ActiveSync is used for some applications to synchronise data between your computer and a mobile device and in this case I suspect that you may be using Windows 7 as this operating system has its own synchronisation software and doesn’t use ActiveSync (that’s an older application used for Windows XP et al)

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If you are using Windows 7 and your Sat Nav is compatible with this operating system then you should just be able to plug it in and Windows will setup or download ”Windows Mobile Device Centre” automatically for you.

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JAGUAR F-TYPE PROJECT 7 SOLD OUT The limited­edition Jaguar F­type Project 7 has already sold out in the UK, and there are another hundred hopeful buyers on the British waiting list, according to sources at the company.

Production of the £135,000 special edition is strictly lim­ ited to 250 units globally; it’s thought that the UK allocation is about 65 units.

The three other main global markets are also expected to get an allocation of around 65 cars each. Jaguar engi­ neers are still working on making the Project 7 legal for Japan. UK and EU deliveries will be made first, followed by the US. The car was launched in left­hand drive form for the EU at last weekend’s Le Mans Classic, following its UK reveal at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Jaguar will unveil the car for the US market at the Pebble Beach Automotive Week, which begins on the 13 August.

The 250 cars will be based on the yet­to­be­announced 2015­model F­Type convertible. Construction will begin at the end of the year and run through much of 2015.

JLR’s Special Vehicle Operations unit, which master­ minded the new car, has not yet announced the location of its new integrated factory unit. One source, however, said that the new facility would be a ‘destination’ in itself and close to JLR’s West Midlands heartland.

SVO executive Harry Metcalfe told Autocar that that the Project 7’s roof design was still being worked on. "We have several designs cur­ rently under evaluation, but it will be a tensioned fabric roof and it will keep the occupants dry in heavy discipline ­ if any ­ he will rain." likely pursue should he firm­ It is planned that, when ly decide to exit the sport for the roof is fitted, the car’s a second time.

ECU will automatically cut After leaving F1 in 2009 ­ albeit effectively forced out of Ferrari with a year remaining on his contract as the Maranello marque brought in Alonso ­ Raikkonen tried his hand at rallying for two years.

The 34­year­old returned to F1 in 2011 and spent two successful years with Lotus prior to his switch to Ferrari.

"I've tried many things and I think there is no harm in it.

It doesn't take anything away from me doing F1," added the 2007 world cham­ pion.

"I think it can only help.

You always learn if you try different things.

"But the teams are scared we get hurt. In the past when I was in Ferrari I could not do rallies.

"It would be nice, not just for us but for the fans, if we could do many things."

But asked whether a more flexible contract with Ferrari that would allow him to try other things would convince him to stay, he replied: "No, I don't think so.

"Doing something else makes no difference about F1 and my future right now."

Kimi may quit again

KIMI RAIKKONEN has revealed he will likely quit Formula One again once his current deal with Ferrari expires at the end of 2015.

Raikkonen dropped the bombshell at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix last weekend, and just eight races into his second coming at Ferrari which has so far been a bitter disap­ pointment.

Struggling with a car not to his liking, the hotly­antici­ pated scrap with team­mate Fernando Alonso has failed to materialise as the Spaniard has comfortably out­qualified and out­raced the Finn.

Asked as to his plans for the future and whether or not he was in it for the long haul at Ferrari, Raikkonen said: "Until my contract is finished, and then I will prob­ ably stop.

"That is what I think is

going to happen."

Raikkonen, however, is unsure as yet what other

the top speed from 186mph to a limited 120mph.

Metcalfe also revealed that, under the skin, the Project 7 differs in a number of ways from the F­Type on which it is based. Much of the re­engineering centres around the front end, which gets beefed up front suspension towers and the same suspension system (including dual­rate springs) as used in the XKR­S GT, which was launched earlier this year.

Although it was "never part of the aims for Project 7", Metcalfe added that car has already lapped the Nürburgring "quite a bit quicker than the F­Type R Coupe’s time of 7min 39sec… which was a nice surprise."

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CODE CRACKER Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week’s puzzle, 13 represents K and 14 represents B, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

QUICKIE

Across

Down

1 Divide (5) 4 Drive away (6) 9 Everyday (7) 10 Storey (5) 11 Mislaid (4) 12 Work (7) 13 Owed (3) 14 Scoundrel (5) 16 Oust (5) 18 Failure (3) 19 Collude (7) 20 Become larger (4) 23 Odour (5) 24 Bluster (7) 25 Stages (6) 26 Deep chasm (5)

1 Alike (7) 2 Connections (5) 3 Snare (4) 5 In the know (8) 6 Supply (7) 7 Big (5) 8 Stop (5) 13 Dainty (8) 15 Venetian boat (7) 17 In the direction of (7) 18 Solid (5) 19 Grasp (5) 21 Ball game (5) 22 Information (4)

Last weeks Solution

Across: 1 Scared, 4 Utters, 9 Calorie, 10 Raita, 11 Ultra, 12 Lissome, 13 Rug, 14 Batik, 16 Piece, 18 Oil, 19 Morocco, 21 Altar, 23 Noise, 24 Examine, 25 Sprint, 26 Beat it.

Down: 1 Succumb, 2 Allot, 3 Earmark, 5 Terms, 6 Episode, 7 Spare, 8 Well­groomed, 15 Terrier, 16 Placate, 17 Earnest, 19 Minus, 20 Clean, 22 Taint.

Scribble Pad

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD Solve the Double Cross­Word puzzle using either the standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.

CRYTPIC CLUES Down Across 1 Old Greek capital? (7) 1 Sirius closely pursues 2 Brags about catches (5) the sailor (3,4) 3 Change is concealed by 4 Cover rearranged duet always returning (6) number (5) 4 Felt Penny broke earth­ 7 A rugby player is taken enware (5) by surprise (5) 5 Half­a­dozen beside a 9 Roman house with fash­ channel bridge (7) ionable anti­hero (7) 10 Has USSR ordered the 6 It is said that these mar­ quees are on edge (5) cavalrymen? (7) 11 Could start true, new 8 It's reported that this ras­ cal is often seen in church period of peace (5) 12 Toxophilite, one from (5) Ambridge, perhaps (6) 13 Unusual bloom in coun­ 14 Rich international in ty in Ceylon (7) European holiday area (6) 15 Fibrous substance 18 Unforgettable singer found at the end of a whis­ and the old king (5) tle (5) 20 Gotta be new style 16 Pointed looks that can holdall (4­3) hurt? (7) 22 In tents experience? (7) 17 Actor grates awfully (6) 23 Extract information from the journalist with a broken 18 Prepares to shoot birds (5) cue (5) 24 Sort Kelvin out with a 19 The Kinks hidden lizard (5) bird (5) 25 Refunds are best when 21 Forthright but not too resolved (7) sharp (5) STANDARD CLUES Down Across 1 Old Greek money (7) 1 Bright spot in the night 2 Snatches (5) sky (3,4) 3 Make changes to (6) 4 Bed covering (5) 4 Blue and white pottery (5) 7 By surprise (5) 5 Long bridge­like structure 9 Wicked or evil person (7) (7) 10 Cavalrymen (7) 6 Anxious (5) 11 Armistice (5) 8 Dishonest type (5) 12 Bowman (6) 13 Capital of Sri Lanka (7) 14 Coined (6) 15 Basketry fibre (5) 18 Hardy cabbages (5) 16 Stabbing weapons (7) 20 Carry­all (4­3) 17 Old hand (6) 22 Living in a tent (7) 18 Adult male birds (5) 23 Bring out (5) 19 Small lizard (5) 24 Large wading bird (5) 21 Not having a sharp edge 25 Refunds (7) or point (5) Last weeks Solution Across: 7 Decant, 8 Attain, 9 Inns, 10 Ascribes, 11 Farrier, 13 Habit, 15 Brisk, 17 Forages, 20 Intonate, 21 Aura, 23 Petite, 24 Animal.

Down: 1 Fern, 2 Nasser, 3 Steamer, 4 Farce, 5 Attila, 6 Likewise, 12 Arranged, 14 Polecat, 16 Stolid, 18 Aramis, 19 Taper, 22 Rear.

FILL IT IN

Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

2 letter words Am Is 3 letter words Ado Dot Ego One Ore Pad Ran Rot 4 letter words Acne Adds Aged Agog

Anew Bias Bite Bone Brae Cabs Case Chat Daws Deed Deer Dyke Eves Live Loco Lore Nova Oink Pale Para

Racy Seep Shed Shot Soot Spry Tree Ulna 5 letter words Airer Alarm Arias Belie Billy Cocoa Gloss Honey Iotas Olive

Onset Prone Salon Salsa Shiny Sisal Spine Split Steer Stele Stile Stole Table Tally Teens Trail While Whose 6 letter words

Astute Canine Chalet Coarse Duress Snarls Sparse Sturdy 8 letter words Nerdiest Stiletto 9 letter words Disrepair Recognise

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

Improve your Spanish ­ clues in Spanish, answers in English or vice versa.

Across 7 Examination (school) (6) 8 Decade (6) 10 Servicios (7) 11 Seven (5) 12 Estrella (4) 13 To have (5) 17 To bath (5) 18 Chiste (4) 22 Carreteras (5) 23 Inútil (7) 24 Trains (railway) (6) 25 Shepherd (6)

Down 1 Windy (meteorological) (7) 2 Quality (standard) (7) 3 To drink (5) 4 Sarampión (7) 5 Panadero (5) 6 Wales (5) 9 Espárrago (9) 14 Perejil (7) 15 Ninety (7) 16 Postre (7) 19 Deal (agreement) (5) 20 Tide (at sea) (5) 21 Medalla (5)

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Friday, July 11, 2014 Across 1 Marine echinoderm (invertebrate) with five or more radiating arms (8) 5 Nickname given to the annual awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and per­ formance (6) 9 Without forethought or plan (8) 10 Australian born actor who starred as the Joker in 2008 superhero thriller film The Dark Knight: Heath ­­­­ ­­ (6) 11 French city that host­ ed the 1968 Winter Olympics (8) 12 European plant (also called 'sea pink') that forms low­growing tufts of slender leaves with rounded pink flower heads, growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains (6) 14 British television pro­ gramme (2006­7) present­ ed by Victoria Coren, in which the writers of the Oxford English Dictionary asked the public for help in finding the origins and first

known citations of a num­ ber of words and phrases: ­ ­­­­­­­­­ and Piffle (10) 18 Chief port of Egypt located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea (10) 22 Small elongated insect with a pair of terminal appendages that resemble pincers (6) 23 1948 Western come­ dy film starring Bob Hope as dentist Peter ‘Painless’ Potter and Jane Russell as Calamity Jane: The ­­­­­­­­ (8) 24 Capital and largest city and economic and cul­ tural centre of Portugal (6) 25 1984 UK Number One hit single by George Michael: ­­­­­­­­ Whisper (8) 26 Marine bivalve mol­ lusc usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers (6) 27 1940 Walt Disney film consisting of eight animat­ ed segments set to pieces of classical music conduct­ ed by Leopold Stokowski

SUDOKU (Hard)

Quiz Word

(8) Down 1 1960s British sitcom, a spin­off of The Army Game,

about soldiers undertaking national service and follows two of the main characters, played by Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser after they

returned to civilian life: Bootsie and ­­­­­­ (6) 2 Deciduous flowering shrub with clusters of brightly coloured, some­ times fragrant flowers (6) 3 Large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout used to hold alcoholic beverage, usually wine (6) 4 Musical groups, origi­ nally from the Caribbean Islands, that play instru­ ments made from the heads of oil drums (5,5) 6 English television pre­ senter and journalist who was one of the main pre­ senters on the now defunct breakfast station GMTV. He has also hosted television game shows such as The Krypton Factor, 1 vs. 100, Safebreakers and Tipping Point: Ben ­­­­­­­­ (8) 7 Relating to or denoting the Church of England or any Church in communion with it (8) 8 Fictional animated tel­ evision series that is fea­ tured in the animated televi­ sion series The Simpsons: The Itchy & ­­­­­­­­ Show (8) 13 The capital of Ethiopia

and the country's largest city (5,5) 15 British television drama series set in a English and later Scottish comprehensive school of the same name that was first broadcast on BBC One in March 2006: ­­­­­­­­ Road (8) 16 Mental or personality disturbance not attributable to any known neurological or organic dysfunction (8) 17 Woman's loose­fitting undergarment for the upper body, typically held up by shoulder straps (8) 19 Person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated (6) 20 Fictional extraterres­ trial race of mutants, creat­ ed by writer Terry Nation in 1963, principally portrayed in the science fiction televi­ sion programme Doctor Who (6) 21 Japanese hostess trained to entertain men with conversation, dance and song (6)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH

JARDINERÍA

Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch.

(Answers below)

el árbol

la planta

el arbusto

la semilla

el rastrillo

las flores

fumigar

las malas hierbas

la carretilla

la tierra

la maceta

las raíces

la manguera

plantar

la pala

regar

history QUIZ

ANSEWRS 1. Machu Picchu 2. Samuel Morse Washington to Baltimore 3. The Tolpuddle Martyrs 4. Gernsbeck 5. Tea 6.

Ambrosia 7. Dionysus 8. The Tirpitz 9. George Washington form 1798 to 1792 10. Richard I (The Lionheart) 11. Banana, the company changed the cream during ww2 due to the lack of bananas.

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 8/4 Sand trap, 9 Hermit crab, 10 Boleyn, 11 Porpoise, 12 Saki, 13 Sunderland, 17 Rome, 18 Ochre, 19 Newt, 20 Hypotenuse, 22 Pink, 23 Victoria, 27 Trifle, 28 Love Affair, 29 Linz.

Down: 1 Laboratory, 2 Adhesive, 3 Rhinestone, 5 Pier, 6 Scroll, 7 Laos, 14 Nehru, 15 Elementary, 16 New England, 19 Nuptials, 21 Ostler, 24 Iron, 25 Raft, 26 Adam.

Empareja estas palabras ­ Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.

1.el árbol, 2.el arbusto,

13.la tierra, 14.las raíces,

k.to water, l.the plant,

3.el rastrillo, 4.fumigar,

15.plantar, 16.regar.

m.the hose pipe, n.the rake,

5.la carretilla, 6.la maceta,

a.to plant, b.the seed,

o.the wheel barrow,

7.la manguera, 8.la pala,

c.the plant pot, d.the flowers,

p.the spade.

9.la planta, 10.la semilla, 1

e.the tree, f.the weeds,

1.las flores,

g.the roots, h.to fumigate,

12.las malas hierbas,

i.the bush, j.the earth,

Soduko

Span ­ Eng

Quizword

Answers: 1e, 2i, 3n, 4h, 5o, 6c, 7m, 8p, 9l, 10b, 11d, 12f, 13j, 14g, 15a, 16k.

1. In 1911 Hiram Bingham discovered which lost city?

2. 'What hath God Wrought' was first message sent by whom, in 1844?

3. What Were The Six Farm Hands Arrested For Forming A Trade Union Better Known As? 4. The SF award 'The Hugo' is named after Hugo who?

5. In the 18th century Siberia used solid blocks of what, as money?

6. Which Food Of The Gods Was Said To Give Humans Immortality?

7. Around the alter of which God were the early Greek plays done?

8. Name The German Battleship Sunk In A Norwegian Fjord In 1944?

9. Who is the only American president that was elected unopposed?

10. Who Was Known As Coeur De Lion?

11. Twinkies originally contained what flavoured cream?

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Friday, July 11, 2014

TRELI ON THE TELLY JIMMY NAILS IT

his seering tale of what really happened in the Hillsborough disaster of 1989.

McGovern’s next full series Jimmy McGovern, like the is a rare historical outing great TV writers of the ilk called Banished, which tells of Dennis Potter and the story of the first British Stephen Poliakoff, always convicts being shipped out to has something interesting Australia in the 18th century. to put onto the small To wet our McGovern screen.

Cracker, The appetite though, we got a Lakes, The Street and one­off modern drama on Accused immediately BBC1 last Sunday, Common, spring to mind, as well as which very much returned to

with ALEX TRELINSKI

his regular theme of injustice, as a teenager is charged with murder (under the Joint Enterprise Law) after giving his mates a lift to a pizza par­ lour, despite him having frankly nothing to do with the incident.

It’s another example of the Liverpudlian writer pressing our buttons and getting us to think about something that normally we wouldn’t. Such people are rare in TV these days and he’s to be applaud­

ed for another piece of great work, with a wonderful line up of performers that I’m sure he can get together at the drop of the hat. His name really does have that kind of pulling power. With The Honourable Woman on BBC2, and a whole range of new US dramas kicking in, we at last are out of the drama drought caused by the World Cup. Quick mentions then for the start of the final series earlier this week of True Blood on FOX UK, and the second season of the Tarentino­style Banshee on Sky Atlantic, both of which are not for the faint­hearted, but have dared to be different and I have enjoyed greatly.

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Despite a little bit of concern before the first episode, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the revival of 24, which sadly finishes on Sky One next week. If it is to be the end for Jack Bauer, then it has been a far better and more enjoyable romp than the last full series four years

the pressure, you surely would have thought that Connie would have come to his aid like the cavalry, or at If you like me are a least there would have been Casualty/Holby City fan, some kind of reference to the then haven’t you found it a relationship, which famously tad strange that there’s been featured Connie providing no crossover featuring Paul help in the assisted­death of Bradley’s character of Elliot his wife in Switzerland a few ago.

Have the Hope and his best friend years Connie Beauchamp who is in scriptwriters forgotten all the charge of the ED in back­stories because the Casualty? With Elliot feeling fans certainly haven’t? ago. Assuming that Jack isn’t bumped off, a mini­series say every two years would go down quite nicely.

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Friday July 11 01:20 Holiday Weatherview 01:25 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Fake Britain 12:30 Operation Hospital Food 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Wanted Down Under 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 The Great Property Race 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Celebrity MasterChef 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Alan Hansen: Player and Pundit 11/07 00:20 BBC2 00:20 The Machine Gun and Skye's Band of Brothers 01:20 Panorama 01:50 Horizon 02:50 This Is BBC Two

04:55 Andrew Marr's History of the World 06:15 Schools ­ Found 06:30 Life Stories 06:45 Schools ­ Lilly the Magnificent 07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Animal Park 08:50 Fake Britain 09:20 Call the Council 10:05 The Great British Sewing Bee 11:05 First Time on the Front Line 11:35 The Travel Show 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Live Golf: The Women's British Open 18:00 Frozen Planet 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Live Athletics 22:00 Gardeners' World 22:30 Pipers of the Trenches 23:30 Newsnight

00:35 01:05 04:00 04:25 05:15 06:05 07:00 09:30 10:25 11:30 13:30 14:30 14:55 15:00 16:00 16:59 17:00 18:00 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 23:30 23:35

The Last Word Jackpot247 Tonight ITV Nightscreen May the Best House Win The Jeremy Kyle Show Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV News and Weather ITV News Meridian 60 Minute Makeover Dickinson's Real Deal ITV Meridian Weather Tipping Point The Chase ITV News Meridian ITV News and Weather Emmerdale Coronation Street The Cruise Ship Coronation Street Doc Martin ITV News and Weather ITV News Meridian Senna

PIPERS OF THE TRENCHES Around 2,500 pipers from Scotland, England, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand served in the First World War and within a year a thousand of them were dead. This film uncovers stories of bravery as descendants of those pipers visit the Somme and Gallipoli, the battlefields where their unarmed relatives accompanied their comrades over the top.

00:05 One Born Every Minute 01:05 Random Acts: Big Dance 2014 01:10 Beauty Queen or Bust 02:05 The Auction House 03:00 This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show 03:55 Dinner at 11 04:50 Mary's Silver Service 05:45 Dispatches 06:15 River Cottage 06:45 Deal or No Deal 07:40 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:30 The King of Queens 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55 Frasier 10:55 Undercover Boss USA 11:55 Come Dine with Me: Ireland 12:55 Channel 4 News Summary 13:00 Come Dine with Me: Ireland 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 16:30 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Ultimate Dealer 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Million Pound Drop 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:00 Friday Night Dinner 23:35 The Inbetweeners

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!

05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:20 Divine Designs 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Great Artists 07:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:35 The WotWots 07:45 Peppa Pig 08:00 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Betrayed 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket 2014 21:00 On the Yorkshire Buses 22:00 Big Brother 23:30 Big Brother's Bit on the Side

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Saturday July 12 02:50 Question Time 00:35 EastEnders 02:30 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:35 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Paul Hollywood's Pies & Puds 13:00 Homes Under the Hammer 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Live Athletics 18:20 Celebrity Mastermind 18:50 Pointless Celebrities 19:40 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 20:00 A Question of Sport: Super Saturday 20:40 The National Lottery: Break the Safe 21:30 Casualty 22:20 BBC News; Weather 22:40 Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl

12/07 00:00 BBC2 00:00 Weather 00:05 Hamlet 2 01:30 Deadline

03:50 This Is BBC Two 07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:35 Blood on the Moon 09:00 MOTD Kickabout 09:30 World Cup Films 10:45 Coast 11:05 The Living Planet 12:00 Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age 12:30 Great British Railway Journeys 13:00 Rick Stein's Spain 14:00 Live Golf: The Women's British Open 18:00 Escape to the Country 18:45 Flog It! Trade Secrets 19:15 Catch Me If You Can 21:30 Dad's Army 22:00 The Men Who Made Us Spend 23:00 The Shipping News

01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 07:25 Dino Dan 07:50 Canimals 08:05 Sooty 08:20 Digimon Fusion 08:45 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 09:00 Adventure Time 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 The Hungry Sailors 11:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 ITV News and Weather 12:29 ITV Meridian Weather 12:30 Storage Hoarders 13:30 Dinner Date 14:30 60 Minute Makeover 15:30 The Nation's Favourite Motown Song 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 Scooby­Doo 19:35 ITV News Meridian 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 You've Been Framed!

20:30 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 21:30 FIFA World Cup Live 2014

00:10 01:15 2014 01:20 02:55 03:20 Show 03:45 04:15 05:00 05:45 06:40 07:30 08:30 08:55 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:55 13:30 14:20 17:10 19:45 20:05 21:00 22:00

The Inbetweeners Random Acts: Big Dance Goon The Simpsons The Angelos Epithemiou I'm Spazticus Desperate Housewives Revenge Beat My Build The Hoobs Trans World Sport FIM World Superbikes The Morning Line Weekend Kitchen Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Tomorrow People Channel 4 Racing Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News The Restoration Man Grand Designs Knight and Day

THE MEN WHO MADE US SPEND Jacques Peretti investigates the methods used to persuade people to buy consumer goods and con­ fronts those behind bestselling products and suc­ cessful sales strategies. In the first edition, he examines how product lifespans hold the key to consumerism and explores the origins of planned obsolescence, revealing how a group of electrical manufacturers organised a light­bulb cartel in the 1920s.

00:30 Stand by Your Man 01:10 SuperCasino 04:10 She's 78, He's 39: Age Gap Love 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:20 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Great Artists 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Roary the Racing Car 07:15 Abby's Flying Fairy School 07:25 Bubble Guppies 07:35 The Mr Men Show 07:50 Chloe's Closet 08:00 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:10 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:20 Olly the Little White Van 08:25 Make Way for Noddy 08:40 City of Friends 08:55 Little Princess 09:05 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:15 Angelina Ballerina 09:30 Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 09:35 Rupert Bear 09:45 Toby's Travelling Circus 10:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 11:00 Access 11:05 Meerkat Manor 11:30 The Dog Rescuers 12:30 Big Brother 13:55 NCIS 16:40 Pork Chop Hill 18:40 Fighter Attack 20:00 Cricket 2014 20:55 5 News 21:00 MH370: The Flight That Vanished 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 The Trial of Gillian Taylforth

Sunday July 13 03:05 This Is BBC Two 00:50 The Ruins

07:00 This Is BBC Two

02:15 Weather for the Week Ahead

07:20 Tender Comrade

02:20 BBC News

09:00 Monty Don's French

07:00 Breakfast

Gardens

10:00 The Andrew Marr Show

10:00 Gardeners' World

11:00 Sunday Morning Live

10:30 The Beechgrove Garden

12:00 Sunday Politics

11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

13:15 Bargain Hunt

12:30 Paul Hollywood's Pies &

14:00 BBC News

Puds

14:15 Alan Hansen: Player and

13:00 Rick Stein's Spain

Pundit

14:00 Live Golf: The Women's

15:15 Homes Under the Hammer

British Open

16:15 Wanted Down Under

18:20 Natural World

17:00 Escape to the Country

19:20 Flog It!

18:00 Songs of Praise

20:20 Shall We Dance

18:35 BBC News; Regional News

22:00 The Night Watch

and Weather

23:30 Mock the Week

19:00 Countryfile 20:00 World Cup Finals 2014 23:30 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 23:55 Live at the Apollo

13/07 00:45 BBC2 00:45 Golf: Scottish Open 01:45 Black Sheep

00:15 ITV News and Weather 00:29 ITV Meridian Weather 00:30 Balls of Fury 02:05 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 07:25 Dino Dan 07:50 Canimals 08:05 Sooty 08:20 Digimon Fusion 08:45 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 09:00 Deadtime Stories 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 May the Best House Win 11:20 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 ITV News and Weather 12:29 ITV Meridian Weather 12:30 Love Your Garden 13:25 Long Lost Family 14:30 Columbo: Strange Bedfellows 16:30 Midsomer Murders 18:30 ITV News Meridian 18:45 ITV News and Weather 19:00 Catchphrase 20:00 FIFA World Cup Live 2014 23:30 ITV News and Weather 23:44 ITV Meridian Weather 23:45 The Greatest Footie Ads Ever

FIFA WORLD CUP LIVE 2014 Coverage of the final at the Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro (Kick­off 9.00pm), where the succes­ sors to 2010 champions Spain are crowned.

Presented by Adrian Chiles, with commentary by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.

00:15 The IT Crowd 01:55 Rushmore 03:30 Hollyoaks 05:40 Deal or No Deal 06:35 Kirstie's Vintage Gems 06:40 The Hoobs 07:05 Ironman 2014 08:00 Motor Sport 08:30 How I Met Your Mother 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 15:50 The Simpsons 16:45 Deal or No Deal 17:50 St Trinian's 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Titanic 23:45 The Running Man

00:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 01:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Psych 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Super Skyscrapers 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make It Big 05:50 The Funky Valley Show 06:00 Angels of Jarm 06:10 Roary the Racing Car 06:20 Angels of Jarm 06:30 The Funky Valley Show 06:40 Roary the Racing Car 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Roary the Racing Car 07:15 Abby's Flying Fairy School 07:25 Bubble Guppies 07:35 The Mr Men Show 07:50 Chloe's Closet 08:00 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:10 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:20 Olly the Little White Van 08:25 Make Way for Noddy 08:40 City of Friends 08:55 Little Princess 09:05 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:15 Angelina Ballerina 09:30 Milkshake! Show Songs 09:35 Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 09:40 Rupert Bear 09:55 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 11:00 Access 11:05 World's 11:55 Big Brother 12:55 Police Interceptors 13:55 See No Evil, Hear No Evil 15:45 Stand by Me 17:20 Click 19:30 Criminals: Caught on Camera 20:00 Cricket 2014 20:55 5 News Weekend 21:00 Extraordinary People 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Webcam Girls: At Your Service 23:50 Step Brothers

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Monday July 14 00:25 Man of the Year 02:15 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:20 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Animal SOS 12:30 Operation Hospital Food 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Wanted Down Under 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 How Safe Is Your House?

21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 John Bishop's Australia 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Rio in Rio 14/07 00:00 BBC2 00:00 QI XL 00:45 Golf: Scottish Open 01:45 Countryfile 02:45 Holby City 03:45 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Replay

05:30 This Is BBC Two 07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:10 Homes Under the Hammer 08:10 Brazil's Soccer Cities 08:35 Match of the Day: FIFA World Cup Highlights 09:20 Call the Council 10:05 The Quest for Bannockburn 11:05 Watchdog Test House 11:35 Click 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Triathlon 16:00 Rowing World Cup 17:30 Coast 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Flog It! Trade Secrets 20:00 Paul Hollywood's Pies & Puds 20:30 Mary Berry Cooks 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Food & Drink 22:00 This World 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight

00:45 01:40 03:55 04:45 05:15 06:05 07:00 09:30 10:25 11:30 13:30 Mel 14:30 14:55 15:00 16:00 16:59 17:00 18:00 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 23:30 23:40

The Cube The Store Motorsport UK ITV Nightscreen May the Best House Win The Jeremy Kyle Show Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Let's Do Lunch with Gino & ITV News and Weather ITV News Meridian The Speakmans Dickinson's Real Deal ITV Meridian Weather Tipping Point The Chase ITV News Meridian ITV News and Weather Emmerdale Coronation Street Countrywise Coronation Street Long Lost Family ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News Meridian You Cannot Be Serious!

01:40 The Million Pound Drop 02:35 A Prophet 05:05 Home Road Movies 05:20 River Cottage 05:50 Beat My Build 06:45 Deal or No Deal 07:40 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:30 The King of Queens 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Come Dine with Me: Ireland 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me: Ireland 14:40 Four in a Bed 15:40 Countdown 16:30 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Ultimate Dealer 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Dispatches 21:30 Food Unwrapped 22:00 Royal Marines Commando School 23:00 Utopia

ROYAL MARINES COMMANDO SCHOOL ehind the scenes at the Royal Marines' Commando Training Centre in Devon, home to one of the most arduous basic military training programmes in the world. This edition follows 56 fresh recruits during their first two weeks at the facility, where their every waking hour is controlled by their drill instructor, Corporal `Froggy' Chauffour, a Frenchman with a passion for discipline and high standards.

01:45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 02:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Police Interceptors 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make It Big 05:50 The Funky Valley Show 06:00 Angels of Jarm 06:10 Roary the Racing Car 06:20 Angels of Jarm 06:30 The Funky Valley Show 06:40 Roary the Racing Car 07:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:35 The WotWots 07:45 Peppa Pig 08:00 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:10 Milkshake! Monkey 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:55 Milkshake! Show Songs 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Assumed Killer 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Super Skyscrapers 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 23:00 Big Brother

Tuesday July 15 00:25 Commonwealth City 01:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:30 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Animal SOS 12:30 Street Patrol UK 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Wanted Down Under 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 Nick & Margaret: Too Many Immigrants?

23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Supermarket Secrets 15/07 00:20 BBC2 00:20 The Men Who Made Us Spend 01:20 I Bought a Rainforest 02:20 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Schools: Wonders of the Universe 06:00 Schools: 3, 2, 1 Go! ­ Key

Stage 1 07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:20 Homes Under the Hammer 08:20 Animal SOS 08:50 Animal Park 09:20 Call the Council 10:05 Business Boomers 11:05 Watchdog Test House 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:15 The Super League Show 15:15 Golf: Scottish Open 17:15 Frozen Planet 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Flog It! Trade Secrets 20:00 Paul Hollywood's Pies & Puds 20:30 Mary Berry Cooks 21:00 Hive Alive 22:00 Coast 23:00 The Sarah Millican Television Programme 23:30 Newsnight

00:10 Ray Mears' Close Encounters 01:05 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 05:15 May the Best House Win 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 The Speakmans 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Love Your Garden 22:00 56 Up 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News Meridian 23:40 Exposure

HIVE ALIVE Part one of two. Naturalist and Springwatch pre­ senter Chris Packham and journalist and beekeep­ ing enthusiast Martha Kearney are joined by expert Professor Adam Hart to explore the remark­ able secrets of the lives and habits of bees.

Midsummer is a critical time for the insects as they must gather enough food for the winter, so a specially designed hive equipped with an array of cutting­edge technology is used in order to moni­ tor them and find out how they do it

00:10 The Secret Life of Students 01:15 Embarrassing Bodies 02:10 Britain's Youngest Carers 03:05 The Secret Millions 04:00 Scandal 04:50 Revenge 05:35 River Cottage 06:05 Beat My Build 07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Ireland 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Ireland 14:40 Four in a Bed 15:40 Countdown 16:30 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Ultimate Dealer 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Kirstie's Fill Your House for Free 22:00 Undercover Boss 23:00 Utopia

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 Black Market Britain: Undercover Sting 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Under the Dome 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:20 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Great Artists 07:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:35 The WotWots 07:45 Peppa Pig 08:00 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:10 Milkshake! Monkey 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:55 Milkshake! Show Songs 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Escape from Polygamy 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!

21:00 The Dog Rescuers 22:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 Big Brother

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Wednesday July 16 00:35 John Bishop's Australia 01:40 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Animal SOS 12:30 Street Patrol UK 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Wanted Down Under 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Talk to the Animals 22:00 Nick & Margaret: Too Many Immigrants?

23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 A Question of Sport: Super Saturday 16/07 00:20 BBC2 00:20 This World 01:20 A Cabbie Abroad 02:20 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Schools ­ Coding: The Future Is Creative 05:25 Schools ­ Megabits 05:55 Schools ­ Cracking the Code

06:55 What Makes Me, Me 07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:15 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Animal SOS 08:45 Animal Park 09:15 Call the Council 10:00 Antiques Roadshow 11:00 Tigers About the House 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:10 North West Frontier 16:15 Coast 17:15 Frozen Planet 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Flog It! Trade Secrets 20:00 Paul Hollywood's Pies & Puds 20:30 Mary Berry Cooks 21:00 Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies 22:00 The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway 23:00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 23:30 Newsnight

00:40 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 05:15 May the Best House Win 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 The Speakmans 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 All Star Mr & Mrs 22:00 Testing Britain's Worst Drivers: Crash Course 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News Meridian 23:40 American Pie

00:05 Royal Marines Commando School 01:05 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:00 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:25 Trans World Sport 03:25 Ironman 2014 04:20 FIM World Superbikes 04:45 Motor Sport 05:10 River Cottage 06:05 Deal or No Deal 07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Come Dine with Me: Ireland 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me: Ireland 14:40 Four in a Bed 15:40 Countdown 16:30 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Ultimate Dealer 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 This Old Thing: The Vintage Clothes Show 22:00 One Born Every Minute 23:00 The Mimic 23:30 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

THE MIMIC Return of the comedy about a talented impres­ sionist who's stuck in a rut. Since leaving his maintenance job for a big break on TV, things haven't quite gone to plan for Martin and he's having trouble finding work. As his son Steven decides to go travelling ­ unable to cope after the death of his mother ­ Martin hires Neil as his new agent. However, his first gig is not exactly what he had been hoping for ­ busking at a shopping centre.

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 Wentworth Prison 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 The Hotel Inspector Returns 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:20 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Great Artists 07:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:35 The WotWots 07:45 Peppa Pig 08:00 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Little Girl Lost: the Delimar Vera Story 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ultimate Police Interceptors 21:00 Angry Britain 22:00 The Hotel Inspector Returns 23:00 Big Brother

Thursday July 17 00:15 Surrogates

00:20 Golf: The Open

01:40 Weather for the Week Ahead

Championship

01:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters

00:50 Business Boomers 01:50 A Very British Airline 02:50 This Is BBC Two 05:00 The Birth of Empire: The

11:00 Homes Under the Hammer

East India Company

12:00 Animal SOS

05:55 Schools ­ Deadly Dilemmas:

12:30 Street Patrol UK

Mission Madagascar

13:15 Bargain Hunt

06:25 What Makes Me, Me

14:00 BBC News; Weather

06:45 Schools ­ My Kite Is Flying

14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Animal SOS 08:30 Escape to the Continent 09:30 Gardeners' World

15:15 Perfection

10:00 Golf: The Open

16:00 Escape to the Country

Championship

16:45 Wanted Down Under

21:00 Horizon

17:30 Flog It!

22:00 The Honourable Woman

18:15 Pointless

23:00 Mock the Week

19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Talk to the Animals

23:29 Weather 23:30 Newsnight

01:25 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 05:15 May the Best House Win 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 The Speakmans 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Harbour Lives 22:00 Britain's Poshest Nannies 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News Meridian 23:40 Robbie Coltrane: B­Road Britain

BRITAIN'S POSHEST NANNIES

22:00 Celebrity MasterChef 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 The Great Big Romanian Invasion

Documentary following second­year students at a quin­ tessentially British childcare training centre in Bath, renowned for its rigorous rules, traditional uniform and clean white gloves. The trainees at Norland College are taught a range of skills including cookery, sewing, self­ defence and advanced driving, and also face a 48­hour challenge to keep a virtual baby clean, fed and happy.

00:35 The IT Crowd 01:00 Superstar DJs: With Annie Mac 01:25 Heston's Great British Food 02:20 Alfie 04:15 Revenge 04:55 River Cottage 05:50 Kirstie's Handmade Treasures 06:05 Deal or No Deal 07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Come Dine with Me: Ireland 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me: Ireland 14:40 Four in a Bed 15:40 Countdown 16:30 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Ultimate Dealer 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 22:00 Embarrassing Bodies 23:00 The Secret Life of Students

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 SuperCasino 04:05 OAPs Behaving Badly 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:20 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 06:35 Great Artists 07:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:35 The WotWots 07:45 Peppa Pig 08:00 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Nightmare Nanny 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket 2014 21:00 Black Market Britain: Undercover Sting 22:00 Criminals: Caught on Camera 23:00 Big Brother

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AUCTIONS

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lished leasehold restaurant has a fully fitted modern kitchen, disabled facilities and a fresh recently paint­ ed interior. directbusiness­ brokers .com Tel 966 44 33 81 Ref. DB6435L 97,000€ Large successfully run leasehold Beauty Salon near Quesada. Spacious salon with 7 rooms and rental income from sepa­ rate hair salon. All fitness machines, treatment beds and tables included in the sale. directbusinessbro­ kers.com Tel 966 44 33 81 Ref. DB6457L 42,000€ Excellent opportunity to purchase a well established and thriving leasehold Bar/Cafeteria in a central

location in Torrevieja.

Beautiful established gar­ den and south west facing terrace with BBQ and all year round trade. direct­ businessbrokers.com Tel 966 44 33 81 Ref. DB6456L 20,000€ Lively, popular leasehold Bar & Restaurant in a love­ ly position on La Manga overlooking the port. Fully fitted kitchen and extensive sunny terraces. Freehold also available for purchase and flat above the premis­ e s . directbusinessbrokers.com Tel 966 44 33 81 Ref. DB6455L 150,000€ Profitable leasehold Café Bar, competitively priced for quick sale. Air condi­ tioned interior with stylish decor and large terraces.

Multiple income streams: food, drink, internet facili­ ties, games and ice cream.

Offering great potential for further growth. directbusi­ nessbrokers.com Tel 966 44 33 81 Ref. DB6446L 74,950€

Beautifully presented leasehold Garden Furniture Business, recently reduced in price. A successful and easy to run business with established website, signifi­ cant internet sales, cus­ tomer database and excel­ lent reputation locally. directbusinessbrokers.com Tel 966 44 33 81 BUSINESS OPPORTUNI­ TY, two clothing shops for sale either as a pair or sep­ arate, both trading, sold fully equipped and stocked, a great opportunity for someone wanting their own business, for more compre­ hensive information contact Glen on 606926437 (164)

CONSTRUCTION

International Christian Assembly, Calle Pilar de Horadada 5, Torrevieja.

Evangelical non­denomina­ tional church. Sunday serv­ ices 11am.

Children's church 11am. House groups in Torrevieja, Los Balcones, San Javier. Ladies meeting Thursdays 11am. Craft club, Tuesdays, 2pm.

Pastor, Rafael Restrepo. All nation­

BLINDS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Ref. DB6460L 85,000€ Restaurant in enviable location with no local com­ petition and regular clien­ tele. This profitable, estab­

CATERING

CHURCH SERVICES

BARBER

ALARMS

CARPENTER

alities welcome. Call 966 799 273 or 660 127 276.

Pilar Christian Community Church Calle Canalejas 3.

Pilar de la Horadada.

Sunday Service at 11am, and Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information contact PilarChristian.CommunityC hurch@gmail.com 968575417 or 966848806.

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Friday, July 11, 2014 Reg No:2009­SG/A The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) meet at 10.00 each Sunday at their Torrevieja meetinghouse in the Torreaguas building on the corner of Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 104, close to the windmill in Torrevieja, 667 533 597.

The rainbow centre for spiri­ tual awareness We meet in the function room at sacos bar el leiminar just of the CV 905 Rojales to torrievieja road We have a divine serv­ ice on Sundays at 11am and

GARDENER

on Wednesdays we hold an evening of clairvoyance at 7.30 pm Also on Wednesdays there is an open circle at 5.30 for those who are interested in clair­ voyance Healing is always available by certified healers after each meeting A warm welcome to friends old and new The mediums for the month of July 2014 are Wednesdays 2nd Debbie Blevins 9th Belinda & Jill 16th Trish and Shirley 23rd Sammy Fitzsimons 30th Paul & jennet. Closed until august 31st then Belinda & Sandra. Sundays 6th Paul & jennet 13th Belinda Bradley 20th ray bailey 27th Trish.

For further information call Trish on 966 844 795 or Email the rainbowcentre­ costablana@gmail.com

CARAVANS FOR SALE 2006 Fendt, twin bed, 4 birth caravan 560, good condi­ tion, 6000€ / 2006 6 birth,

CAR BREAKERS

Pennine sterling folding camper, good condition 4000€ Call 642 301 448 (177)

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Policies available in English and German.

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LONG TERM RENTALS

968570645 (162) Ref: 61, A lovely two bed­ roomed ground floor apart­ ment, located in the centre of the small Spanish town of Los Montesinos, With a pleasant communal swim­ ming pool adjacent & all amenities in walking dis­ tance. Long and short term rental available. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 112, Spacious 3 bed­ room detached villa with its private pool is located on the El Raso urbanisation near Guardamar. Convenient for all amenities, shops, super­ market, restaurants and

bars. Short term rental avail­ able. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397

PROPERTY FOR RENT WANTED! Properties, all types, in the Torrevieja area wanted for long term rentals.

Call us on 96 692 3963 2 or 3 bed / 2 bath apart­ ments in San Miguel. Lift, communal rooftop pool & solarium, video entry sys­ tem. Available for short or long term rent from 350 pcm. Tel 966723437 or 616 493 487. (184)

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Viva Villa and Vacation Services, For Short or Long Term Rentals visit: www.vil­ laandvacation.com or Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Santiago de la Ribera 2 bed­ room townhouse close to beach and shops with com­ munal pool €350 monthly short or long term lease Call 0044 7890996330 ­

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BPP­1808 230,000€ ­ 3 BEDROOM DETACHED HOUSE FOR SALE in LOS MONTISINOS, ALICANTE, SPAIN TEL: 966443381 BPP­128 1 Bedroom Bungalow For Sale Quesada, Costa Blanca South, Spain TEL: 966443381 BPP­1386 2 Bedroom Apartment For Sale Ciudad Quesada, Alicante, Spain TEL: 966443381 BPP­224 2 Bedroom Bungalow For Sale Quesada, Costa Blanca South, Spain TEL: 966443381 BPP­1620 3 Bedroom Villa For Sale Ciudad Quesada, Alicante, Spain TEL: 966443381 BPP­57 2 Bedroom Semi Detached For Sale Quesada, Costa Blanca South, Spain TEL: 966443381 BPP­212 3 Bedroom Detached Villa For Sale Quesada, Costa Blanca South, Spain TEL: 966443381 BPP­498 2 Bedroom Villa For Sale Quesada, Alicante, Spain TEL: 966443381 BPP­435 3 Bedroom Villa For Sale Quesada, Alicante, Spain TEL: 966443381 Ref: KP3100, €183,000.

Three bedroom, two bath­ room detached villa, located in San Luis, on a 450sqm plot, with communal pool.

Garage to side of house.

397 397 Immaculate ground floor Duplex, 2 beds, 2 bath, Private Parking, Situated in Novamar, Gran Alacant.

Price includes very tasteful furniture and white goods.

Walking distance to all local amenities and beach. Now only 129,750 euros. Ref No K24. 627 711 155 2 Bed, 1 Bath Ground floor duplex. Central heating, Grills, Fully furnished, Glazed in Galleria, 2 com­ munal pools, private parking and walking distance to the Gran Alacant commercial centre. Situated in the popu­ lar urbanisation of Puerto Marino. Now only 96,500 euros for quick sale Ref No. K46. 627 711 155 Recently reduced 4 Bed, 3 Bath Villa, in Gran Alacant.

Quiet Location, Exceptional Views. Converted Under build, 2 Lounges, 2 Kitchens, Private Garage and being sold Fully Furnished, now only 239.950 Ref: L81 Tel. 680333242 Gran Alacant Detached villa, located in a very sought after location.Situated on a 560m2 S/W facing plot and constructed in 2005.

Comprising of 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (2 full baths), Lounge­Diner, fully equipped Kitchen, Porch and Solarium with Alicante & Sea Views. ref.L81. €258,000 neg.

Tel. 680333242 Gran Alacant Town House with a difference.

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PROPERTY FOR SALE

Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Glazed in Porch, Quiet Location, Extra storage areas, and South Facing Private Pool as well as 2 communal pools. Fully Furnished, All mod cons.

Greenland Views and all local amenities close by.

Ref. No L79. 179.000 euros 680 333 242 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, Unfurnished Mid Terraced Townhouse in GA. Recently decorated throughout means this property is a very clean black canvass.

Has Air­Con & Security Grills and the use of a Communal Pool. Price recently reduced to 110.000e Ref.K12 Tel. 627711155 Reduced for a quick sale to 95.000 e 2 Bedroom, 1 bath­ room, Top Floor Duplex in Gran Alacant. Very Modern Property with Many extras.

Glazed in Porch, Roof Top Solarium, Wooden Flooring.

Immaculate condition and ready to move in. Ref. K15 Tel. 627711155.

Gran Alacant, Situated in the "Alto" part of Gran Alacant, this 3 bedroomed, 4th floor apartment, offers luxury accommodation, with absolutely stunning sea

REMOVALS

views, as well as views of Alicante bay and the famous Santa Barbara Castle.The apartment is 89 square meters with open plan kitchen / living room and includes all electrical appli­ ances & furniture also there is a utility room, open ter­ race, and private parking.

The urbanisation also offers many communal pools, ten­ nis courts, restaurants and bars. Ref. K20 €109,000 Tel 680333242 Viva Villa and Vacation Services are pleased to offer property sales for the Torrevieja and Oriheula areas of the Costa Blanca, Spain. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 or Visit : www.villaandvacation.com Gran Alacant villa located in a very quiet area , situated at the end of a cul­de­sac means there is no through traffic.3 bed, 3 bath, 330m2 plot, established large gar­ dens, working fireplace, solar panel for hot water,pri­ vate parking, south facing great views, fully furnished, fantastic opportunity. ref.

L85. €215,000 Tel 680333242 Beach front Line property, over looks Carabassi Beach, Gran Alacant. 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Secure Underground Parking, Fully furnished, Roof Top Solarium. 3 Large Communal Pools, Fantastic communal Gardens, Tennis Courts and much more.

125.000 Euros Ref No. K23.

Tel. 627 711 155 Lovely clean detached Villa just as you enter Gran Alacant. Very central loca­ tion, 3 Bedrooms, 3

Bathrooms, Glazed in Porch, Garden Shed, Private Parking, Attractive Gardens, Private pool Ref: K59 240.000e Tel. 627711155 Offers Invited on a mid Terraced Town house in Gran Alacant. Comprising of 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Lounge Diner, Galleria, Solarium, Under build.

Communal Pool and Gardens, and with Exceptional Views of Alicante. Being Sold Fully Furnished including White Goods. Ref. K42 Tel. 627711155 (reasonable offers only) Gran Alacant, Situated on the very first urbanisation as you enter Gran Alacant, this 2nd floor duplex offers taste and quality. Comprising of 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, lounge­diner, independent kitchen, full roof­top solari­ um with superb views and recently glazed in porch offering extra living area as well as extra privacy as the glass is mirrored. Ref.K44 €108,000 Tel 680333242 Gran Alacant south­facing, very private villa, with wood­ land and Alicante views.

Situated at the end of a small cul­de­sac which means this villa enjoys a very peaceful location.3 Bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, 3 Bathrooms, lounge­diner with working fireplace, fully fitted kitchen with including white goods, large front porch, solarium,workshop and stor­ age in under build, central heating, air con H/C, ceiling fans, grills, UK T.V, off road parking and plenty of out­ side parking also. Due to its orientation of this property enjoys full sun, all day, something very important in the winter months. Ref.K24. €237,000 Tel 680333242

WANTED Call: 965 707 188 or 626

QUIZZES Experienced quiz­ master/question setter with personality available to host quiz nights in local bars.

Tel:­ 664 838 581

SITUATIONS VACANT

RADIO COSTA INTERNA­ TIONAL needs motivated sellers. Spanish, English and German language is a bonus but not essential.

Training and good earnings guaranteed. For more info call 644 126 600 or email info@radicocostainterna­ tional.com Situations Vacant. Top Chef Required for The Med Bistro Bar, Guardamar. Excellent package and incentives. Tel. 0044 7917 1658 65 or email: andysteve@aol.com (168) JOVAL ACCESIBILIDAD, an accessibility solutions com­ pany, is looking for a com­ mercial to promote and sell their products throughout the province of Alicante.

English and Spanish is essential. To make an appointment call 966 090 762. (178)

SITUATIONS WANTED Gardening, property mainte­ nance, translations, cheap rates call David 722521654.

SOLICITORS Need English speaking solicitors in Torrevieja?

Let us help to solve your problems with debt recov­ ery, divorce, property, fraud, criminal defence. Call us on 966 923 963, give us brief details and get in touch with your specialist solicitor today

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Greenside Gossip BEST SHOES FORWARD IVIE DAVIES takes a weekly look at the golf scene - golfdavies@gmail.com

A few years ago there was some extensive research done by the USGA Green Section's on Golf Shoe dam­ age to greens, and the results pleased some, and disap­ pointed others!

Since then, it has been a story that will not go away! In brief review, the study touched on the history of spiked shoes in golf and compared present­day metal spiked golf shoes with the rubber stud and spikeless shoes and modern street shoes that are almost flat. Of the three shoe types tested, the metal spike golf shoe caused the greatest damage to Bent grass putting green turf. The rubber studded shoes were next and the street shoe produced the least amount of wear.

The tests were conducted under both good weather and wet weather conditions. The relative ratings remained the same throughout both tests, although the rubber studded shoes seemed to cause a greater degree of surface disturbance and damage under wet conditions than on dry surfaces.

Overall, the conclusion was, "spikes are detrimental to put­ ting green turf and the putting quality of greens."

Since the study, even greater numbers and varieties of rub­ ber­soled studded athletic shoes have appeared on the mar­ ket. They have followed the trend created by more and more joggers, runners, walkers, coaches, and soccer enthusiasts.

The lugs or studs have become more pronounced, deeper, and in various patterns. Their manufacturers do not claim them to be "golf shoes." Nevertheless, they have found their way, in increasing numbers, mostly on the feet of public­ course golfers.

After all, golf is a form of athletics and these are "athletic shoes." Unfortunately, that reasoning is not good for our put­ ting green grasses. Observations and field experience with these shoes, i.e., with longer, deeper, more pointed studs and especially under wet conditions, indicate that they do harm to our putting green turf and the putting quality of our greens. As concluded in the Golf Shoe Study, "spikes are detrimental to turf." Apparently, the longer and more pro­ nounced a spike, the more the damage

WILL THIS STATEMENT put an end to the golf shoe con­ troversy? I doubt it!

A golf course Superintendent once told me they don't like metal spikes as they can transfer viruses and diseases around the course much more effectively and worse if you drag your feet than walk! People don’t repair their pitch marks on the green let alone smoothing the tufts! A good greenkeeper won’t keep the grass that long so that tufts are visible and that means good greens. It is not possible to run a new series of wear tests every time a new soft spike shoe comes on the market, but it does seem safe and necessary to say that not all athletic shoes should be permitted on golf greens.

The Greens Section has always had a driving interest in quality putting green turf maintained at the lowest possible cost. Eliminating all spiked or studded shoes from golf would be a giant step forward in reducing maintenance costs and improving putting qualities. Since this does not seem possi­ ble, minimizing the effect of spikes on turf is the best avail­ able second choice. One final comment about the “Athletic” style shoe is that their marking in bunkers are seen more times that the spike version, and is it because the wearers do not think they leave prints that need raking??

think they’re off six but struggle to break a 100!

2. Courses with nicknames like ‘The Monster’ ‘A bad workman always blames his tools’ and in this respect it is easy to blame tough course designs and thick rough.

Don’t pretend to be a single figure handicapper if you’re not, play within yourself. However often courses try to squeeze too many people on…best to avoid peak times.

3. The Tour Pro Wannabe Finally the most annoying of all, golfers with 60 second prac­ tice routines. Pros such as Kevin Na aren’t setting a great example with his whiffs and Keegan Bradley’s impression of John Cleese silly walks is truly bizarre. We have all seen the 25­handicapper who waits for the green to clear on a par­ five, 240 yards away, before dribbling his shot 50 yards.

Without doubt slow play is having an impact on the popular­ ity of golf and causing a barrier to entry for people starting up. Golf doesn’t need to take six hours and we should all promote how to avoid these obvious issues and get to the root of the problem.

Final word. A person entered a knockout match­play com­ petition at his local club to avoid domestic duties on the weekend. His wife at the time, who was pregnant, wanted help at home. One day in a needle match and on an unusu­ ally long round his wife went into labour. With money at stake and a few holes still left to play he completed the round causing him to hit rush hour traffic. He arrived at the hospital late almost missing the birth. You can all use your imagina­ tion for the reaction!

PACE OF PLAY (AGAIN) Pace of play is a hot topic in 2014, from the USGA to the R&A, and slow play is certainly the discussion point in the upper echelons of the game. For many, five or six hour rounds are becoming the norm in the amateur game. Like an infection it has also spread throughout the professional game, which to some extent must shoulder some of the blame. Habits such as their fantastical pre­shot routines and ‘Jedi mind control techniques’ (‘a la’ Jason Day) can now be seen at a course near you. Whatever happened to ‘grip it and rip it’?

Here are 3 tips on things or people to avoid stopping those long rounds: 1. Beware the wayward golfer This is the most obvious one, when golfers zig zag up a hole, hacking their way to the green before three­ putting. They are easy to spot though with common phrases like, ‘It’s been a while since I last played, put me down for 18’. Often they

TITTER ON THE TEE A club member was looking for a place to sit in a crowd­ ed club house. He asked a girl "Do you mind if I sit beside you?"

The girl replied in a loud voice: "NO I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU!" All the people in the club house started staring at the member, he was deeply embarrassed and moved to another table.

After a couple of minutes, the girl walked quietly to his table and said with a laugh: "I study psychology, and I know what a man is thinking, I guess you felt embarrassed, right?"

The member then responded in a loud voice: "500 EUROS FOR ONE NIGHT? THAT'S TOO MUCH!" All the people in the club house looked at the girl in shock.

The member whispered to her: "I study law, and I know how to screw people".

KNOW YOUR RULES QUESTION A player obtaining relief from ground under repair dropped a ball in a manner not conforming with Rule 20­2a and in a wrong place. What is the ruling?

ANSWER If the player corrected the errors before making his next stroke, there was no penalty ­ Rule 20­6.

If the player failed to correct the errors before making his next stroke: (a) In match play, he lost the hole for playing from a wrong place ­ Rule 20­7b. (b) In stroke play, he incurred a penalty of two strokes.

Although the player breached both Rule 20­2a for dropping in an improper manner and Rule 25­1b by taking relief in the wrong place and then making a stroke from that wrong place, the player incurs only the two stroke penalty for playing from a wrong place (see Note 3 under Rule 20­7c).

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MAESTRO IS DEAD GALIANA’S PLEDGE

Real Madrid legend Alfredo di Stéfano, considered one of the greatest footballers ever, died in hospital on Monday aged 88, drawing tributes from around the sporting world. Di Stéfano had gone into a coma after suffering a heart attack on Saturday at a restaurant near Real's Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Di Stéfano had previously been hospitalised for similar problems and under­ went emergency quadruple heart by­pass surgery after a heart attack in 2005.

A player capable of disorienting dribbles, pinpoint passes and a lethal threat in front of goal, Di Stéfano combined technical and tac­ tical skill with an irrepressible spirit. A football match without goals "is like a Sunday without sunshine", went one of his best­known say­ ings. He was a two­time European Football of the Year in 1957 and 1959, but never made it to the finals of a World Cup. Argentina did not play in the 1950 and 1954 finals and having obtained Spanish citizen­

ship in 1956 Di Stéfano missed out on the 1958 finals as Spain failed to qualify. Spain reached the 1962 tournament in Chile but injury prevented Di Stéfano, then aged 35, from taking part.

He was one of Real Madrid's most cele­ brated players, however, representing the club for 11 seasons between 1953 and 1964, winning the first five stagings of the European Cup. He later managed Real after an early foray into coaching saw him become manager of Elche in 1967.

The president of world football's governing body FIFA, Sepp Blatter, called Di Stéfano "the most complete player I've seen". Real Madrid's current star striker Cristiano Ronaldo called it "a very sad day. For me, for all the Madridistas, for the world of football", in his own Twitter message. "Don Alfredo leaves us, but his memory will last forever in our hearts. Legends never die. Thanks for everything Maestro."

CD Torrevieja have officially introduced their new manager, José Emilio Riquelme Galiana, known as "Galiana" ahead of the 2014­2015 season. Galiana, pictured on the left, explained that he’s working with the clubs’s sporting director José Antonio Álvarez, on putting together the squad for the new campaign which starts next month.

The former Eldense manager said that he is out to create a competitive squad with a mixture of current players and new signings, with promotion being an absolute priority.

He added that bringing on young players within the club system was important.

Galiana, whose appointment was first reported in The Courier a fortnight ago, told

the meeting that he was very excited to get involved with the club and that it was crucial to show ambition, and that the supporters would demand maximum effort from the players from the start of the season through to the very last day.

Meanwhile, season tickets went on sale this week, which can be bought from the Vicente Garcia stadium on Wednesday evenings between 6.30 and 8.30pm, as well as at all of the pre­season home matches.

They are also available from a week tomor­ row ( Saturday July 19th) from the Torry Army office in San Luis, Torrevieja. More details can be obtained by E­mailing info@clubdeportivotorrevieja.com

As widely predicted, the Polish goalkeeper Przemyslaw Tyton has joined Elche from PSV Eindhoven on an initial one­year loan deal, with the La Liga side retaining an option to make his move permanent. The 27­ year­old Polish international (pictured with Elche President, Jose Sepulcre) moves to La Liga having spent the last seven seasons in the Dutch Eredivisie, firstly with Roda JC and then since the 2011­2012 season, with PSV Eindhoven.

Given that Elche now have four first­team goalkeepers on their books, technical secre­ tary Emilio Vega admitted that there will also be inevitable departures.

“We don’t want any conflicts with anyone, we’re trying to find the best situations both for the players and for the club”, Vega admit­ ted. “As our sporting director Víctor Orta has said, all the players in the first­team squad are available in the transfer market, so there may be some departures.”

TYTON CLASH?

PEDRO’S IMPRESSED

Midfielder, Pedro Mosquera has signed for Elche after leaving Getafe on a free transfer. He said that though the Madrid­based club wanted to keep him, the opportunity of a new chal­ lenge was too good to resist.

“This is a very interesting project”, said the 26 year old player (pictured with Elche President, Jose Sepulcre). ” Since the club first got in contact with me, it all sound­ ed very exciting. Fans have also made me feel welcome via social networks. I spoke with sporting director Víctor Orta first of all and everyone involved with the club here are keen to be in the Primera for many years. I was also impressed with manager Fran Escriba and what he had to say to me”.

Elche’s technical secretary Emilio Vega told the media why the club were so attract­ ed to the player.

“The first thing that stands out about Pedro is his offen­ sive play and the fluidity of his creativity, because he’s not wasteful of possession.

With the technology we have today monitoring games, the statistics also say that when it comes to recovering pos­ session of the ball, he’s amongst the best midfield­ ers. In that sense, he can help the team both offensive­ ly and defensively.”

amongst others before join­ ing UE Olot. With the latter, he got promotion from the fourth level in 2013, appear­ ing in 28 matches and only conceding 21 goals during the campaign.

The club have confirmed that they’ve secured new

contracts with last season’s Player of the Year, Vicente Boix, in addition to Burguillos and Guillem, with more contracts on current players to be finalised.

Meanwhile, the defender Jorge Carmona Gómez "Jorge", has rejoined Torrevieja, after playing for Novelda last season.

Four Saturday evening friendly matches are set to be staged in August with clubs like Elche, Hercules, and Orihuela being lined up as opposition.

TORRY’S NEW KEEPER

CD Torrevieja’s first sign­ ing under new boss Galiana is a goalkeeper:­ the 31 year Oscar Fornes Lopez, known as Oscar, who joins the club from the 2nd division B Catalonia side, Unió Esportiva Olot.

Oscar made his senior debut with amateurs UD San Mateo in the 2002–03 season, and then the following year, he joined CD Castellón B, and then played for Elche reserves(which Galiana was involved with), Villajoyosa, Benidorm, and Teruel,

VAZ STAYS

By Andrew Atkinson.

Brazilian born CD Montesinos star striker Vazquinho will remain with the club for the forthcoming 2014­15 sea­ son after uncertain speculation sur­ rounding his future. "I will be with CD Montesinos this season. I have had a call and spoken to the club," Vazquinho, voted Player of the Year last season, told me. Talisman Vazquinho will meet up with the CD Montesinos squad for pre­season training this month ahead of the 2nd Regional Group 15 2014­15 cam­ paign of the Valencian League, España. Vazquinho 'Vaz' (pictured with Andrew Atkinson) gives the 'thumbs up' ahead of the new season.

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IF YOU LIVE BY THE SWORD….

Krul To Be Kind capers catch up as Louis and his Orangemen get the Blues…

Louis van Gaal’s masterly substitution of his normal goalie last Saturday evening in late extra time looked to be a piece of new tactical genius against luckless Costa Rica.

The new Man United supremo opted for the bigger – and far more aggressive – Newcastle stopper Tim Krul instead of the regular Jasper Cillessen for the make­or­break penalty shoot­out. Breaking every rule in the respectful ‘keepers club man­ ual, the intimidating Krul ignored his opposite number but took every opportunity to psyche the poor old Costa

Rican penalty­takers out, telling them he knew which way the ball would go. It worked too, as he broke England’s group con­ querors’ hearts by saving two spot kicks as Holland didn’t miss any of theirs.

BBC pundit Rio Ferdinand for one was deeply impressed – well, he would be, wouldn’t he, as big Louis is on his way to Old Trafford and United need that sort of ‘tactical awareness’, if you can call it that. I blame the Yanks (again); it’s like American foot­ ball where the dead­ball spe­ cialists are brought on just to take the kicks, but it seems this is the first, and was witnessed world­wide ­ what a time and what a result for all to see.

However, on Wednesday evening in the second sterile semi­final a g a i n s t Argentina it all went Pete Tong a g a i n s t Argentina. In a fairly boring stalemate of 90 + 30 minutes – once again for the punchless Netherlands – it

TOUGH SWIM Over 1,200 competitors took to some warm and jel­ lyfish­free waters last Sunday for the 19th Tabarca to Santa Pola swim, with the men’s event being won by Spanish Olympic swimmer, Kiko Hervás, who notched up a winning time of 1 hour, 11 minutes, and 46 seconds.

Rebeca Santos Arriaga from Madrid took the ladies section in 1hour, 20 min­ utes, and 41 seconds.

all came dramatically down to another penalty shoot­out, but this time it appears Big Louis wasn’t ready – and plan ‘B’ failed.

With ace striker and first­man­in Robin van Persie substituted, plus two others Holland had used up their quota, so the obvious Tim trick couldn’t be repeated.

Hmm… van Gaal said afterwards two of his ‘heroes’ refused to take the first one, so somehow defender Ron Vlaar had to step up, and the hyped­up Argie stopper Romero saved it. Never­having­saved­a­penalty Ajax keeper Cillessen looked like it, as Argentina were in deadly serious mode and scored ‘em all. The Blue and Whites’ started with nerveless Messi showing a captain’s exam­ ple in getting his team on the winning trail, and leave Louis’ lads listless and apparently not wanting to play for third place on Saturday. What an Orange come­down, as out of all four semi­finalists, the Netherlands were the only team never to have won the World Cup. Cheer up, Big Man – Old Trafford awaits!

No Neymars, no pack drill… unlike certain other countries, I did feel sorry for the people of Brazil on Tuesday, whose team let them down in a big, big way, so bad they were awful. With their 22 year­old talisman Neymar in their side, this Brazilian team looked erratic during this tournament , but always capable of necessary moments of traditional Latino magic to win their games.

But this time without Neymar, players like Hulk, Fred, Marcelo and stand­in captain David Luiz were woeful. The marking was non­existent, the Germans crisp one­two passing tore the home side apart who were unbelievably 5 – 0 down by half time before the shell­shocked Brazilians could catch their breath.

To his credit, head coach Phil Scolari took the disastrous defeat well, refusing to blame anyone but himself: "The person who decid­ ed the line­up, the tactics, was me. It was my choice." Big Phil refused the chance to blame his missing injured star Neymar and probably more significantly missed his banned captain Diego Silva. It takes a big man to do that, and Brazilian memories of his 2002 management win will be long for­ gotten at the moment as the nation is in total shock. Scolari’s stand­in captain David Luis, currently en route from Chelsea to Paris Saint­Germain had an absolute stinker, going AWOL for the first goal and he didn’t look back ­ or be found anywhere else he should have been, running around like a

BONE CRUSHER CONQUERED The “ Quebrantahuesos” marcha cicloturista or The Bone Crusher as it is more commonly called is a very long, hard cyclo­ sportif in the Spanish and French Pyrenees mountains over a distance of 205kms with 3500 metres of vertical ascent and is Spain’s biggest and toughest Sportif. After doing many of the local Sportifs over the past three years, I decided to try and get a place in the 2014 race, and despite the usual over­subscription, I was graced with an e­mail to say that I finally had a place ten weeks before the actual event!

So early on the morning of Friday June 20th, my good friend Martin and I left Quesada at 7am, and we drove the 675k to Sabinaniago, and the following morning, I was amongst the first competitors at the start line. There were all sorts of bikes and all types of people and within minutes I was completely boxed in and unable to move for the next 90 minutes. Off we went promptly at 7.30am, and it took me approximately seven minutes just to pass the starting point with some people taking over half an hour. I ended up with

a time of 7 hours and 29 minutes plus a gold medal, and I was absolutely delighted with this result. Well done to every­ one who completed the course as I know there were hun­ dreds who didn’t due to accidents, fatigue and exhaustion!

My Raleigh Team Militis bike performed really well and I’m glad I changed the rear cassette for a titanium 11/28 as it would have been really tough trying to get up that climbs on a 26. The month before the race I had no extra time to train apart from our normal Thursday night and Sunday morning so special thanks to the guys whom I made climb up to the Hondon de las Frailes every Thursday night and Sunday morning for five weeks.

This was a great experience not just the race but the atmosphere and the sheer volume of people and just been amongst other like­ minded individuals all with the same objective. Praise must go to Chain Reaction who manage and organize the event as it was brilliantly organized. They have had plenty previous experience as it was their 24th year.

headless chicken in the Brazilian coop.

Vorsprung durch Technik: you have to admire the Germans (reluctantly) in more ways than one. Quiet head coach Joachim Low (the one who looks like a cross between Ringo and Paul in the Beatles Hamburg hey­ day) has changed the way Germany play: it’s like something from the instruction man­ ual of an Audi. From 2.2 seconds per man on the ball, the Kraut Fuhrer’s now got it down to 0.9. Kroos control is now one­touch stuff, breath­taking to watch on Tuesday night as the Huns tore Brazil apart at one time with four formidable goals in six sensa­ tional minutes, 7 – 1 by the end. It could have been more as Germany striker Miroslav Klose became the World Cup lead­ ing record goal scorer with 16 goals in 23 games.

But in true Teutonic style the Germans score their goals like men. Then they con­ gratulate each other with a manly hand­ shake or even, Fuhrer forbidding, a hetero­ sexual hug round the shoulders. There’s no dancing, shadow­boxing the corner flag, jumping the barriers in ecstasy, or streaking over to kiss and/or embrace the coach/train­ er/subs/supporters/anyone else of the same persuasion in embarrassing clinches. Ve don’t do zat in Munich (seven of the team come from Bayern).

So the scene is set for Sunday. In the week that their legendary hero Alfredo di Stefano died can the Argentinians honour the great man and stop the German jugger­ naut? Will Messi show the world he is simply the best? Or is another one­sided Brazilian­ type merciless massacre from the Germans awaiting the Argentinians, this time in the full glare of the World Cup Final? Don’t Messi it!

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KRAUTS V ARGIES!

Old Enemies Meet In The Macarena on Sunday

John McGregor reports

It’s Europe v South America this Sunday evening (9.00 pm) in the 2014 World Cup Final. Germany are playing Argentina in repeats of the 1986 and 1990 finals, with the results even­steven at one win apiece. But with the 7 ­1 hiding Germany gave hosts Brazil on Tuesday, Ze Fatherland vill be favourites, although Argentina still remain very difficult to beat. With world class captain Messi, Argentina have a potential match­

winner anytime, anywhere, but just how will Argentina cope with the class and power of the German machine? Zat is ze vital question. You have to go back to the group matches to see the Germans wobbling a little in the 2 ­2 draw with Ghana and the narrow 1 – 0 win over the USA, terrific matches that will stay in World Cup memories.

Who will the stunned and sore soccer­crazy Brazilian nation support in the final? Surely not their arch­rivals Argentina, more likely their semi­final vanquishers to show some kind of grudging respect? Of course for the home nation, in mourning for their team’s abysmal performance there is still intensely­wounded national

pride to be regained, and some degree of respect restored if they beat unhappy Holland in the third­place play­off on Saturday night. Should the Dutch turn it on after the quarter and semi­finals– much too late – that will twist the knife in Brazilian hearts and poison minds against Scolari and his team who have let the country down so badly.

So let’s settle back and watch the 2014 World Cup Final from the comfort of our armchairs and revel in the spectacle this tournament has produced. Let’s hope the last match lives up to the rest which provided some real classics: a feast of fabulous football that will stay long in the memory.